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HERE WE ARE.IT IS, UM, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
IT'S ABOUT 10 OH SIX PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD MEETING.
AND FIRST THING IS TO CALL TO ORDER.
VICE CHAIR, UH, BOARD MEMBER, DIPLOMA, BOARD MEMBER RINALDI, NOT PRESENT.
UH, NOT PRESENT BOARD MEMBER DICARLO, PRESENT OR MEMBER MASON MURPHY, NOT HERE.
SHE'S HERE A MEMBER MORGAN BOARD MEMBER LUCA PRESENT WHEN A RETAILER BOARD MEMBER CUTTING CYBIL PRESENT.
YOU DIDN'T POP UP ON MY SCREEN FOR SOME REASON.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'S EVERYBODY.
SO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, WHICH EVERYBODY, UM, HOPEFULLY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, ADDITIONS?
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THIS IS SAMMY AT CITY HALL.WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS CALLED THEM.
SO WE DID HAVE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
SO GO AHEAD, MISS PAT, IF YOU WANT TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I SERVED ON THE AUSTIN ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION FROM 19.
I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR QUALITY SHELTER SERVICES FOR HOMELESS LOST AND FOUND DOGS AND CATS.
I ALSO ADVOCATE FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS WHO NEED THOSE SERVICES.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAMAR BEACH VISION PLAN THAT I HOPE CAN BE ANSWERED DURING TODAY'S MEETING QUESTION ONE.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE FUNDRAISING TO ACHIEVE THE 18.5 TO $24.6 MILLION COST OF BUILDING A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER AT LAMAR BEACH.
I SENT ALL OF YOU AN EMAIL EARLIER WITH A PAGE FROM THE DECEMBER 8TH, 2016 CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT SHOWED THAT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING THAT MONEY TO FUND THE SHELTER.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT CITY DEPARTMENT AND OR BOARD OR COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE MONEY IS BEING RAISED IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN IT IS NEEDED.
AND THE PLAN IS READY TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR FUNDRAISING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY? IT HAS BEEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS SINCE THE PLAN WAS APPROVED.
HAS AUSTIN PETS ALIVE BEEN FUNDRAISING? AND IF SO, IS IT, ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM TO BE SHOWING HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING RAISED? THE SHELTER AT LAMAR BEACH IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION IN 2014, THEN DIRECTOR ABIGAIL SMITH OF ANIMAL SERVICES TRIED TO SHUT DOWN TO AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE SHELTER.
I OPPOSED THAT MOVE BECAUSE THE DOGS AND CATS WOULD HAVE HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
IF THAT HAD HAPPENED, I CANNOT TELL WHAT, IF ANYTHING IS BEING DONE SINCE THEN TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS BEING RAISED SO THAT IF THE STATE COMES IN TO SHUT DOWN THE SHELTER, OR IF IT IS DECIDED THAT IT'S JUST NOT HOLDING UP TO BE THE QUALITY SHELTER WE NEED, THERE IS MONEY SO THAT OUR NEW SHELTER CAN BE BUILT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
[A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the Parks and Recreation Board special meeting of July 10, 2020.]
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APPROVAL? THANK YOU.SO DID YOU GET THAT SAMMY BLUE MEMBER FOST MOVED TO APPROVE? AND I THINK WE HAD TWO SECONDS MORGAN OR COTTON CIBO CHAIR LEWIS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPEAT OF IT AND YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS, THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS FOR NON-CONSENT.
WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
JUST, IF EVERYBODY COULD RAISE THEIR HAND, I CAN'T SEE A COUPLE.
BARSA SO PICK YOU JUST SAY WHATEVER EVERYBODY ELSE CAN JUST RAISE THEIR HAND.
SO WE HAVE, UM, UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, SAMMY.
[B1. Austin Climate Equity Plan (five-year revision to the Austin Community Climate Plan). Presenter: Zach Baumer, Climate Protection Manager and Celine Rendon, Community Engagement Specialist, Office of Sustainability (SD23 Outcomes – Culture & Lifelong Learning, Economic Opportunity & Affordability, Government that Works for All, Health & Environment, Mobility, Safety)]
TO THE BUSINESS.THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR NON-CONSENT IS AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN FIVE-YEAR, UM, REVISION TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN.
AND THIS IS FOR, UM, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
AND OUR PRESENTER IS ZACH BOMBER AND ALSO SALINE RENDEN.
CAN YOU HEAR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THE VIDEO IS A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, I THINK COULD PULL UP THE PRESENTATION AND, UM, I'LL JUST FOLLOW ALL ON THE, MY SCREEN AND I'M PRETTY SURE I'M USING THE EXACT SAME PERSON, SO, OKAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY.
I'M THE CLIMATE PROGRAM MANAGER HERE IN THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND IT'S MY JOB TO OVERSEE, UM, THINGS RELATED TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, PLANNING AND CLIMATE MITIGATION PLANNING.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR ON UPDATING THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN.
WE HAVE FINISHED OUT A VERY FIRST DRAFT AND THE FULL DRAFT OF THIS, UH, NEW REVISED PLAN IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, LATER TODAY.
SO WE ARE AT, BUT SORT OF RIGHT AT THE EDGE HERE OF RELEASING THIS FULL, UM, FULL DOCUMENT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE AIMING TO, TO TAKE THIS PLAN, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER FOR ADOPTION.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND AND PRESENTING TO YOU FOR FIVE OR SIX SPORTS COMMISSIONS ALREADY.
UM, MY SORT OF HOME CONDITION FROM ITS CLIMATE WORK.
IT'S, WHAT'S CALLED THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UM, IT'S A JOINT COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS OF MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT OVERSEE ALL SORTS OF TOPICS THAT CONNECT IN CLIMATE CHANGE.
UM, SO AFTER OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, THEY PASS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THIS NEW REVISED PLAN.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR COMMENTS, AREAS OF INTEREST, UM, QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT THIS MEETING OR AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
SO, UM, THE INITIAL, UH, ACTION ON CLIMATE CLIMATE ACTION IN THE CITY GOES BACK IN 2007.
UM, BUT THE, THE SORT OF THE FIRST COMMUNITY FOCUSED TARGET FOR CLIMATE ACTION WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2013, CONDUCTING THE GOAL OF NET ZERO COMMUNITY-WIDE EMISSIONS BY 2015, AND THEN IN 2015 BY STAFF AND MANY STAKEHOLDERS WORKED TO CREATE THIS INITIAL CLIMATE PLAN.
AND THIS IS A REALLY LONG DOCUMENT WITH LOTS OF QUALITATIVE ACTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS ADDRESSED ON THE SCREEN HERE.
IT DIDN'T REALLY ADDRESS NATURAL SYSTEMS OR ANYTHING, OUTDOORS, PARKS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON LIKE EMISSION SOURCES IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
SO AFTER THIS WAS ADOPTED, UH, AND THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED IT BASICALLY SAID THAT IN FIVE YEARS, WE SHOULD DO A FULL REVISION.
SO LAST FALL, WE STARTED UP THE PROCESS FULL REVISION OF THIS PLAN.
I SAID, SO HOW WAS THIS REVISION CREATED? WE, UH, WE STARTED WITH GUIDANCE FROM OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE LAST FALL, AND THEN WE BEGAN RECRUITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP US, UM, STAFF, A STEERING COMMITTEE, AND
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FIVE DIFFERENT ADVISORY GROUPS ENDED UP WITH WAS ABOUT 20, 24 CITY STAFF GUIDING THIS PROCESS AS WELL AS 120 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ALL ACROSS DIFFERENT SECTORS IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY THAT DONATED THEIR TIME TO BE ON STEERING COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY GROUPS AND ESSENTIALLY TWO HOURS EVERY OTHER WEEK FOR ABOUT THE LAST LIKE 10 BUCKS.SO THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF COMMUNITY TIME HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN.
I THINK I HEAR ABOUT MORE, UM, EQUITY WAS REALLY, UH, WAS RIGHT UP FRONT, BUT AT THE CENTER OF THIS PROCESS.
SO WE DID FILL A FULL EQUITY TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THIS PLAN.
UM, THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, AT LEAD FOR THE PAIN DECK STARTED, AND WE DID THESE PUBLIC FACING WORKSHOPS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE JUST BEEN, UM, EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC SET AND WE'VE JUST BEEN WORKING FULL TIME VIRTUALLY TO, UH, TO GET THIS EVER CREATED.
SO AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PLANNING EFFORT, IT WAS MADE CLEAR BY OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE NEEDED TO PUT EQUITY AT THE CENTER OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
AND WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT? UM, SO THE PLANS, YOU KNOW, INITIAL FOCUSES, UH, ELIMINATING THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS FOR ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION TO MINIMIZE OUR IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR, UH, OUR EQUITY OFFICE, WE HAVE THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING DISPARITIES THAT CAN BE QUICK TO BY RACE.
SO WHEN WE PUT THOSE TWO TOPICS TOGETHER, WHAT WE REALLY END UP WITH IS THAT'S LIKE THE SYSTEMATIC, UM, SORT OF LIKE OPPRESSION THAT OCCURS IN OUR GOVERNMENT, IN OUR SOCIETY.
UM, WE SORT OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS. SO EXPLOITING ANIMALS EXPLAINING THE EARTH, SUPPORTING PEOPLE, UM, IS REALLY THE REASON WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE.
SO, UH, THROUGH THE WORKSHOPS, WE ENDED UP WITH THESE SEVEN VALUES IN THE MIDDLE AND THE VALUES END UP BEING, UM, THE FOUNDATION FOR AN EQUITY TOOL THAT WE CREATED TO SCREEN EVERYTHING IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS AND REALLY ARE THE BASIS FOR WHEN WE SAY EQUITY.
AND WHEN WE SAY CLIMATE CHANGE, REALLY WHAT DO WE MEAN? UM, SO THE BOTTOM LINE WITH ALL THIS, WE REALLY, EVERYONE CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND IT AND SUPPORT IS THAT WE REALIZED THAT IN A CITY PLANNING PROCESS, WE ARE NOT PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING EQUITY AND ASKING THESE HARD QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL JUST BE PERPETUATING INJUSTICE THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T INTERVENE AND INTERSECT THAT THAT'S FINE.
UM, SO NOW A LITTLE BIT TO THE, UM, THE CLIMATE CHANGE STUFF.
UM, THIS IS, UH, AREA CHART, UM, OVER TIME OF OUR, UH, THE COMMUNITY CARBON FOOTPRINT.
SO WHEN WE SAY COMMUNITY CARBON FOOTPRINT, WE MEAN ALL THE EMISSIONS FROM ALL OF THE ACTIVITY OF ALL THE PEOPLE AND ALL THE BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
SO THOSE TERMINAL UP TO, WE DO A BUNCH OF CALCULATIONS AND IT TOTALS UP TO ABOUT 14 MILLION METRIC, TONS OF CO2 AND OUR BASELINE IN 2010.
AND THEN WE EVEN REDUCED EMISSIONS ABOUT 13 BILLION METRIC TIMES, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, UM, TO GET TO A GOAL OF NEXT YEAR, LIKE 20, 50, THE SHOE COLORS.
THERE ARE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE SORT OF STOPPED ACTING RIGHT NOW AND JUST KIND OF JUST KEPT IMPLEMENTING AUSTIN ENERGY'S PLANS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NEXT MAJOR AREA FOCUS IS REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION.
UM, AND AS I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE ABOUT LITTLE BIT MORE LATER, AS IT RELATES TO PARKS, TRYING TO BUILD UP, UH, NEGATIVE EMISSIONS.
SO ESSENTIALLY PULLING CSU OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO COUNTERACT THESE EMISSIONS THAT WE'RE ADMITTING.
WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS PLANNING EFFORT HAS RECOMMENDED, BUT DUE TO THE URGENCY, UM, AND SORT OF LACK OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS COMING DOWN AND WE NEED TO ACT FASTER.
SO THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE THE TARGET UP TO NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2040.
SO WHAT DID WE END UP FOCUSING ON IN THIS PLAN? SO AS YOU, AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT CITY PLANNING EFFORTS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN IMPLEMENTED, JUST BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ARE UNDERWAY THAT OBVIOUSLY AFFECT ALL OF THE AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO WHAT WE ENDED UP FOCUSING ON IS THESE FIVE SECTIONS.
SO WE HAD AN ADVISORY GROUP SET UP FOR EACH ONE OF THESE FIVE AREAS, SO SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND LAND USE.
AND THOSE ARE KIND OF A CORE AREAS FOCUSING ON JUST AVOIDING OR REDUCING EMISSIONS.
OUR COMMUNITY IN A BRAND NEW SECTION FOR THIS PLAN IS CALLED NATURAL SYSTEMS, WHICH I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A LOT MORE DETAIL.
AND THEN THERE, THE LAST SECTION IS ON.
SO THIS IS LOOKING KIND OF UPSTREAM BEYOND JUST RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING.
HOW DO WE ACTUALLY AVOID WASTE CREATING MYSELF? THE OTHER,
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THE NEXT SIDE IS THE EQUITY PROCESS.SO SELENA IS GOING TO JUMP IN ON THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR WORK THERE.
MY NAME IS DAWN AND I'M THE KING ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, I JOINED THE OFFICE, UH, LAST YEAR, SEPTEMBER, SO FOUR YEAR NOW WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE CLIMATE PLAN AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVEMENT.
SO, UM, LIKE ZACH SAID, WE HAD A CLIMATE EQUITY WORKSHOP THAT WAS REQUIRED FOR ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TO ATTEND.
AND I WAS JUST ROTATED AND LED BY DR.
TONY WARD WHO'S, UH, KENNY ORGANIZERS HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF THAT VISIONING PROCESS AND ALSO LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ETHNIC PROCESS THAT OUR ADVISORY GROUPS USED.
AND THIS IS ADOPTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACIAL EQUITY, UM, UH, RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT.
AND THAT'S THE THING TOOL KIT THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, FOR OUR CITY USES.
AND SO WE ADAPTED THAT FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS TO USE IN THEIR ADVISORY GROUPS.
AND SO, UM, PART OF THE WORKSHOP THAT I MENTIONED WAS REALLY GROUNDING US IN THE HISTORY UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF RACIAL PLANNING IN AUSTIN AND HOW THAT LEASE LEGACIES OF MAJOR AND ECO OUTCOMES.
CAN WE, THE COLOR HERE IN AUSTIN, UM, GROUPS ALSO LOOKED AT DATA TO HELP INFORM, UM, THE ADVISORY GROUP TOPIC TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE GOAL INCLUDED A CLIMATE EQUITY COMPONENT.
AND SO THEY ALSO DEVELOPED STRATEGIES WITH EQUITY AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN MIND, AND THESE WERE ALSO REVIEWED AND REVISED AS NEEDED.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE, UM, TALK ABOUT OUR EQUITY TOOL THAT WAS CREATED THE NEXT CLIMATE AMBASSADORS.
WELL, WE HAD AN EQUITY TOOL THAT WAS CO-CREATED WITH MEMBERS ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL AS WELL WITH THE MAJOR THEMES OF HEALTH AFFORDABILITY, ET CETERA, THAT ZACH MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, NOW I'M ON THE FLY FOR COMMUNITY CLIMATE AMBASSADORS.
SO ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR NEW CLIMATE PLAN PROCESS WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM AS A PILOT PROGRAM.
UM, WE COMPENSATED 12 INDIVIDUALS, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY TO FACILITATE THEIR OWN CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS.
AND SO MANY FOLKS, UM, WHEN THEY APPLIED, WANT TO TALK ABOUT LANGUAGE, ACCESS, CULTURAL CONNECTION, UM, COMMUNITIES, LOW INCOME PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THERE IS A SPECTRUM OF DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT OUR AMBASSADORS TALKED ABOUT.
AND, UM, IT WAS A REALLY NEW AND INNOVATIVE MODEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE CREATED.
AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD A PANEL TODAY AT 2:00 PM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPOTLIGHT ABOUT HALF OF OUR AMBASSADORS AND THEIR PROCESS, UH, PARTICIPATING WITH US.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I COULD SEND THE LINK OUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.
ZACH, FOR THE DRAFT GOALS AND STRUTS.
SO NOW THAT THE SLIDE THAT SAID SUMMARY, UM, SO THAT WAS A LOT OF INFO IN THE PROCESS.
UM, WE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE REALLY DO THIS PROCESS RIGHT.
AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE WAY.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL THAT STORY.
SO NOW WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED PLAN.
SO IN SUMMARY, THERE ARE 18 QUANTITATIVE GOALS THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY 2030 TO KEEP US ON TRACK FOR OUR GOALS.
AND THEN THERE ARE 75 STRATEGIES, WHICH ARE THE THINGS THAT, UM, THE GROUPS HAVE DECIDED IN THESE ADVISORY GROUPS AND THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO REALLY MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE SCOPE OF THIS WORK.
UM, AND THEN IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, THE WAY THAT EQUITY ENDS UP BEING CENTERED THROUGHOUT THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN THIS ARE REALLY, UH, THROUGH PRIORITIZING INCENTIVES AND TARGETING COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT AT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON EMAIL DISPLACEMENT, FOCUSED ON ADJUST, TRANSITION, TRAINING JOBS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND THEN FINALLY PRIORITIZING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THE EASTERN CRESCENT AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
THAT CAN BE THE COLOR THAT WE NEED THAT MODE.
SO NEXT SLIDE IS SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS, SOME OF THESE FIRST FEW SLIDES, BECAUSE THIS IS A PARKS BOARD, I'M GOING TO SORT OF JUST BRING YOU THROUGH THESE FOUR SECTIONS AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE NATURAL SYSTEMS, PROPOSED GOALS AND STRATEGIES.
SO BUILDINGS, UM, THE BUILDINGS GOALS REALLY FOCUS ON.
I JUST, AND THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE, UM, WE REALLY HAVE A LIMITED TIME NOW WITH THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, SO WE ONLY HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF FOR MEETINGS.
AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST TRY TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON WHAT, UM, IS MOST RELEVANT TO PARKS.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WERE GOING TO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET
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NOT GET THERE BEFORE AND NOT ALLOW ANYBODY IN THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUESTIONS.SO IF YOU COULD JUST, AND I HATE TO DO THAT TO YOU, BUT WE'RE JUST LIKE A SIMPLE LIMITED TIME.
SO GO AHEAD AND JUST, JUST MOVE TO SLIDE 15, BESIDES IT SAYS NATURAL SYSTEM.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK WALK THROUGH OF THE NATURAL SYSTEM SECTION OF THIS PLAN.
SO LOOKING NATURAL SYSTEMS GROWTH REALLY FOCUSED ON NATURAL LANDS, WORKING AGRICULTURAL LANDS, URBAN FOREST AND TREE CANOPY, AND THEN URBAN PUBLIC LANDS THAT ARE MOSTLY PARKS.
SO THE KEY WITH THIS GROUP REALLY WHAT THEY ENDED UP ZEROING IN ON WAS ENHANCING SOIL HEALTH, STORING UNHEALTHY, OR UTILIZED LANDS, ENSURING WATER AVAILABILITY AND PROTECTING THE EXISTING LANDS ALL WHILE CREATING COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, PRESERVING BIODIVERSITY SOME OF THE PARD PARTICIPANTS THAT WORKED WITH US DIRECTLY ON THIS SECTION AND WE'LL PLAN OR ON THE SCREEN HERE ON THE NEXT SIDE.
SO THERE ARE FOUR BOWLS IN THE SECTION.
THE FIRST GOAL IS TO LEGALLY PROTECT AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 ACRES OF CARBON POOLS ON NATURAL LAND AND MANAGE ALL NEW AND EXISTING NATURAL LANDS WITH A FOCUS ON RESILIENCE.
SO THE STRATEGIES THAT REALLY ARE ALL AROUND, AROUND PULLING MORE CARBON OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE INTO OUR NATURAL LANDS, THE NEXT SLIDE, THE SECOND GOAL IS AROUND FARMLAND.
SO FINDING LAND AGRICULTURE DONE INCORRECTLY WILL CREATE MORE EMISSIONS TO THE ATMOSPHERE, BUT IF AGRICULTURE IS DONE BETTER AND IN A REGENERATIVE WAY, IT CAN, UM, IT CAN SELECT YOUR MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.
SO THIS IS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING 500,000 ACRES OF FARMLAND.
UM, SO LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS, HELPING FARMERS, BOTH THREE IS AROUND.
AND NEXT SLIDE THREE IS THE CHEATING THAT LEAVES 50%, UH, CITYWIDE SHRINK CANOPY COVERED BY 2015 WITH A FOCUS ON INCREASING KENNEDY COVER EQUITABLY ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE NUMEROUS STRATEGIES AROUND, UH, ENHANCING TREE PROTECTIONS.
AND THEN THE FOURTH GOAL, UH, THE FLOOR IS NEXT SLIDE IS BY 2030, UH, INCLUDE ALL CITY OWNED LANDS UNDER A LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT RESULTS IN NEUTRAL OR NEGATIVE CARBON EMISSIONS AND MAXIMIZES COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
UM, SO REALLY THE KEY HERE IS THAT TO FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE, UH, SUSTAINABLE SITES, UH, MANAGING OUR PARKLANDS IN WAYS THAT, UM, THAT INCREASE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND MINIMIZE EMISSIONS.
THAT'S A, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S IN THERE.
SO IT'S LIKE 21 IS THE SCHEDULE.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE PRESENTING TO NUMEROUS OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER THE NEXT, UH, THE COMING WEEKS I'M, AS I SAID, THE FULL DOCUMENT IS GOING TO BE OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, TODAY.
SO, UM, ON OUR SPEAKER AUSTIN SITE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND HE ALSO GET A COPY OF THIS PERSON FROM THE PLAN.
THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR BOX, AND THEN BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO WE'LL BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
UH, WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION.
SO, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO BE BRIEFER THAN HOSPITAL.
WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M THE LIAISON FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND WE ARE RUNNING INTO THIS THING IT'S WRITTEN, WE REALIZE IT'S REAL CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED, HEARING MORE AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE PLAN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I'M GLAD THEY'RE GOING THROUGH WITH IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE REALLY JUST HAVE A REALLY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND A LOT TO COVER IN THESE MEETINGS.
SO THIS TIME I, THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ME OR BOARD MEMBERS, I GUESS JUST A QUICK STATEMENT CHAIR, AND THAT IS, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I, UM, I, I AGREE WITH THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY'S, COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION TO GOING TO 20, 40 TO 2050, I WOULD EVEN WISH IT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE WILL THE DOLLARS NEED FOR POLICY.
UM, AND ALSO THE ABILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
I KNOW THE VICE CHAIR AND MYSELF WERE APPOINTED TO FILL THE VACANT SEATS THAT THE PARKS BOARD SERVES ON THAT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD NOT BEEN APPOINTED AT THE TIME OF THIS LAST MEETING.
IT WAS ADOPTED SINCE IT JUST THURSDAY, BUT WE, I KNOW WE'RE BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO REPRESENTING PARTS OF VOICE AND ON THE BOARDS VOICE ON THAT.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE MADE THAT
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RECOMMENDATION ALMOST A YEAR AGO FOR, FOR Y'ALL TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY IT TOOK SO LONG FOR THEM TO, UM, POINT YOU, IT WAS KIND OF AN ODD THING, BOARD MEMBER FAST.
I JUST, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD STARTS TODAY AND THEN ADOPTION AT CITY COUNCIL IS IN OCTOBER, THE PUBLIC WILL BE, WILL BE FOUR WEEKS AND THEN WE WILL ADDRESS COLLEGE AND EARLY UP AND OVER AND MAKE CHANGES, MAKE CHANGES.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
REMEMBER DECARLO, DID YOU ALSO HAVE A COMMENT? YES.
I'M THINKING ZACK AND SALINE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE NATURAL SYSTEMS HAS BEEN ADDED AS AN UPDATE TO THE PLAN.
UM, I WANT YOU TO QUESTION ABOUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU HAD THE PARD CONNECTIONS ON THE SOCKETS, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE THE PARK CONNECTIONS, ARE THOSE LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING THE PAR OR HAVE YOU, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO, OR YOU'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH? YEAH.
UM, SO PART SUPPORT STAFF CREATE EVERYTHING IN THIS SECTION, SO THEY HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTING AND LIKE, AND SORT OF AGREEING TO WHAT THEY COULD AGREE TO AND WHAT THEY COULD SUPPORT KIND OF ALL ALONG.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO PRESENTED THIS TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PARTY EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
UM, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO REALLY SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT LIKE WHERE A PART REALLY CONNECTS IN WITH US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO DO WITH LIKE PACKS OF THESE GOALS AND STRATEGIES TO REALLY UNDERSTAND LIKE HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.
UM, CAUSE WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS SLIDE KIND OF LIKE, DEPENDING ON WHO WE'RE TALKING TO YOU.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER VERSION WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT EQUITY CONNECTIONS.
UM, SO THE IDEA HERE WAS JUST THAT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT AREAS WHERE HARD WOULD PROBABLY PLAY A ROLE AND WOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A JOB TO DO AND, OR CONNECTION IN WITH THE GOALS.
UM, AND THEN ABOUT THE, SINCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS STARTING TODAY, OR YOU'RE RELEASING IT TO THE PUBLIC TODAY, I ASSUME, YOU KNOW, WE INDIVIDUALLY CAN BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU IF WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT MOVING FORWARD.
AND IT CAN EITHER COME DIRECTLY TO US OR CAN GO TO A SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A CERTAIN WAY AND HAS THE DOCUMENTS WHERE YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM.
SO I ROLL, I'LL SEND THAT LINK OUT, UM, MAKE SURE SAMMY GETS IT AND THAT CAN BE, YOU CAN SHARE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
WELL THANK YOU BACK ZACH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CEILINGS PRESENTATION AND I JUST WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF PARKS AND GREEN SPACES AND MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL REALLY KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR PLAN.
AM I MUTED STILL? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
[B2. Lamar Beach Vision Plan and License Agreement with Austin Pets Alive. Presenters: Kimberly McNeeley, Director, Parks and Recreation Department and Don Bland, Chief Animal Services Officer, Animal Service Department (SD23 Outcomes – Health & Environment, Government that Works for All)]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE LAMAR BEACH VISINE PLAN AND LICENSE AGREEMENT AND DIRECTOR MCNEELY IS HERE NOW GOOD WITH AUSTIN PETS ALIVE.AND WE HAVE A DIRECTOR MCNEELY AND DON BLAND.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR THE PRESENTATION, PULL UP THE PRESENTATION, RIGHT TO CHIEF ANIMAL SERVICE OFFICER DON BLAND.
AND SO HE IS THE INDIVIDUAL CARE AND COMFORT OF ALL OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE SEEING HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
HE WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE
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THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, UM, TO ANIMAL SERVICES AND TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANIMAL SERVICES AND AUSTIN PETS ALIVE.BUT THE PURPOSE OF HERE IS TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AND SOME HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A PIECE OF PARKLAND, SPECIFICALLY THE LAMAR BEACH METRO PARK, HOW A PIECE OF THAT PARTICULAR PARK LAND IS UTILIZED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BY ANIMAL SERVICES, WITH A NONPROFIT PARTNER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND COMFORT OF, UM, OF ANIMALS WHO ARE, WHO ARE HOMELESS.
UM, SO, SO DO YOU WANT TO NEELY, CAN I JUST, I HATE TO INTERRUPT, BUT CAN I JUST INTERJECT ASKED YOU TO DO ONE THING, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO, DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ROLE OF THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS, AND, UM, THIS PARTICULAR ANIMALS, I MEAN THIS ANIMAL SILT CENTER AND WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY PURVIEW THAT WE HAVE RE RELATED TO THAT.
AS YOU WILL SEE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, IT'S BASICALLY A HISTORY OF ALL THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND DIRECTED BY COUNCIL FOR USE OF THIS PARTICULAR SPACE.
AND SO AT THE VERY END OF THE PRESENTATION, I WILL ABSOLUTELY, OR THE VERY END OF MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, I'LL ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE YOU THAT CONTEXT.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THESE SLIDES TO YOU, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBERS THAT ALLOW YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO GO AHEAD AND MAYBE DIG INTO THESE PARTICULAR RESOLUTIONS, IF YOU HAVE SOME INTEREST, BUT I AM GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW.
I DON'T WANT TO READ THEM TO YOU.
UM, CAUSE THAT WILL MAKE FOR A VERY LONG DAY, ANYWAY, IN THE BEGINNING OF 2010, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF 2011, THERE WERE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND THE FIRST RESOLUTION WAS BASICALLY A DECISION THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WOULD BE A, UM, WOULD INCREASE ITS LIVE OUTCOME RATE AND THAT THEY WANTED TO, UH, USING COLLOQUIAL TERMS. THEY WANTED TO BECOME A NO KILL CITY.
AND SO THEY WANTED TO INCREASE THEIR LIVE OUTCOME RATES AT OUR, AT OUR ANIMAL SERVICES CENTER.
AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ANIMAL SERVICES.
AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY ALSO SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO SELECT A NONPROFIT ENTITY TO HELP US WITH THIS ENDEAVOR BEING NO KILL.
AND AT THE, AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, THERE WAS A, AND IT'S STILL THERE, RIGHT? UM, THE, THE SPACE THAT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY AUSTIN PETS ALIVE WAS A FORMERLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY ANIMAL AND ANIMAL SERVICES.
THE AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES ELECTED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON ELECTED TO BUILD A NEW SHELTER, WHICH IS NOW OVER AT LAVANDER LEE, BUT ALSO TO MAINTAIN THIS PARTICULAR SHELTER AND DO SO WITH A NONPROFIT ENTITY, UH, AND BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, TO INCREASE OUR LIVE OUTCOME RATES.
SO THAT THE SPACE THAT YOU SEE OVER AT, ON LAMAR BEACH HASN'T BEEN THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN, THERE WAS FORMERLY OPERATED AND OWNED BY ANIMAL SERVICES AND IS NOW OPERATED BY AN AFFILIATE AND APPROVED AFFILIATE OR APPROVED PARTNER.
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS, THESE PARTICULAR RESOLUTIONS OR THESE PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL SAID, HEY, WE NEED YOU IN OCTOBER OF 20 2011, WE NEED YOU CITY OF AUSTIN TO SELECT A NONPROFIT PARTNER AND THEN TO APPROVE A TEMPORARY LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THE NONPROFIT PARTNER THAT WAS SELECTED WAS AUSTIN PETS ALIVE.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER THE SAME ON THE SAME AGENDA, THERE WAS ALSO, UM, THE REQUEST TO CONDUCT A PROCESS TO ALLOW NON PARK USE OF PARKLAND.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY CALL A CHAPTER 26.
YOU SEE IT SAYS SECTION 26 OF THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE.
SO WE, AND OUR TERMS MEET, WE REFER TO THIS AS A CHAPTER 26.
SO BASICALLY WE WERE ASKED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GAINING PERMISSION TO USE PARKLAND FOR A NON FOR PURPOSE, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND FOR A CITY PURPOSE.
SO NEXT SLIDE IN NOVEMBER OF 2011, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, SAME AGENDA, TWO THINGS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.
ONE OF THOSE WAS TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
SO COUNCIL, UM, AMENDMENTS TO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT WAS BETWEEN THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER OR THE AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND, UM, AND THE, UH, OPERATOR, WHICH IS AUSTIN PETS ALIVE.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING WAS BECAUSE WE WERE APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF THIS, UH, AN AMENDMENTS TO THIS LICENSE AGREEMENTS WAS TO ALSO, UH, REESTABLISH THE CHAPTER 26 PROCESS TO MAKE
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SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE USING NON WE'RE, USING PARKLAND FOR A NON PARK PURPOSE, UM, TO IMPLEMENT THE PHILOSOPHY OF AUSTIN'S NO KILL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THAT WE WOULD, UM, WE WERE USING IT FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE.SO THAT HAPPENED IN, IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2011.
SO IN 2012, UM, IN TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS, WE WERE FIRST, UH, THERE WAS FIRST A RESOLUTION THAT DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE, UM, THE LICENSE, UM, BETWEEN AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER, THE OFFICE OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER AND APA.
AND THEN, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 26 AND THEN LATER ON IN THAT PARTICULAR MONTH, THERE WAS A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION OF THE AGREEMENT BASED ON SPECIFIC TERMS. AND THERE WAS VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN TO STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PARTICULAR TERMS WERE IN THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED THAT APA COMMITTED TO, UM, TREATING BOTTLE, BABY KITTENS, PARDOT PUPPIES, AND SMALL DOGS THAT THEY, UM, THEY, UH, COMMITTED TO HAVING A BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGE DOGS AND HELPING US AS A CITY WITH THOSE, UM, THOSE PARTICULAR CHALLENGES THAT THEY COMMITTED TO, UM, A REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR BEHAVIOR REALLY CHALLENGED JOBS AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MEET, UM, VERY SPECIFIC, UH, THAT THEY WOULD BE REFURBISHING THE KENNELS AND MEETING SPECIFIC STANDARDS AS SET BY THE TEXAS STATE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PARTICULAR AGREEMENT, THE LAST ONE THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THOSE THAT AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICE AND AUSTIN PETS ALIVE THE CHAPTER 26 PROCESSES, HOW PARD SUPPORTED THE DIRECTION BY MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THERE WAS, UH, THE PUBLIC PROCESS TO ALLOW A NON PARK PURPOSE ON PARKLAND, UH, IN MAY OF 2012, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, THE AGREEMENT OR AUTHORIZED, UM, I'M SORRY, APPROVED THE AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, BUT SELECTED NONPROFIT AND ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THAT CENTER.
AND THEN IN 2014, UM, THERE WAS DIRECTION GIVEN TO PART TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO EXPEDITE THE VISION PLAN FOR THE METRO, UH, FOR THE METRO PARK FOR LAMAR BEACH METRO PARK, BECAUSE THERE WERE MANY PARTNERS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME THAT HAD A VESTED INTEREST IN THAT PARK.
YOU MAY REMEMBER AUSTIN ISD WAS INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE AND TRAFFIC.
UM, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE WAY THE WEST AUSTIN YOUTH ASSOCIATION WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE AND HOW THAT WOULD OUT ANY KIND OF, UM, VISION WOULD IMPACT THE OPERATIONS THAT THEY, THEY WERE, THEY WERE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UH, THE Y MCA SHARES A PARKING LOT SPACE WITH US.
AND SO THE Y MCA HAD INVESTED, INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT, OR WE WERE, UM, WE WERE CONSIDERING THEIR NEEDS.
THERE WAS ALSO AN, UM, AN IDEA THAT WE NEEDED TO EXTEND PRESSLER STREET AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY JUST MORE OF, UM, OF LAMAR BEACH PARK, THAT THEY WERE, THAT THEY HAD SOME ACCESS TO THAT SPACE, EITHER PEDESTRIAN OR AT THE TIME THERE WAS SOME TALK OF A TRAFFIC CIRCLE.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL WAS HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING, WOW, THIS PLAN'S TAKING A LONG TIME.
COULD YOU PLEASE EXPEDITE THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO PART IS TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE, UM, YOU ARE EXPEDITING THIS, AND ALSO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, INCLUDING APA, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR SERVICES ON THAT SITE.
SO 2014, THIS WAS DIRECTION TO PLEASE RENEGOTIATE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NONPROFIT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARTICULAR STRUCTURE THAT WAS AT THE PARK.
AND SO AGAIN, I TOLD YOU, IN THE VERY BEGINNING, THERE WAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO MAKE, THEY WERE ASKED TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT, BUT THE AGREEMENT WAS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH OR NOT, OR DIDN'T ALLOW CERTAIN ALLOWANCES FOR APA TO ACTUALLY MAKE SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT TO ALLOW SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AT THAT PARTICULAR SPACE.
AND SO THAT, AGAIN, THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS BETWEEN APA AND THE ANIMAL CENTER OR THE ASTON ANIMAL SERVICES, BUT IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON PARKLAND.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD SEE LAMAR BEACH METRO PARK SITE IN THIS PARTICULAR DIRECTION.
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AND THEN IN 2016, UH, THE, UH, LAMAR BEACH VISION PLAN WAS ADOPTED, UH, AND IT INCLUDED AS WE WERE DIRECTED, IT DID INCLUDE ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, UM, SPACES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PARK SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED AT THAT PARK AND, UH, ALLOWANCES FOR, UM, FOR THERE TO BE A CONTINUATION OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO OPERATE THAT, THAT, UH, NONPROFIT CENTER TO MEET OUR NO KILL OR LIVE OUTCOME GOALS.NEXT SLIDE, TODAY THOUSAND AND 17, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MASTER PLAN, WE THEN WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE SET A PUBLIC HEARING AND WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE, THE CHAPTER 26.
AND SO AGAIN, EVERY NOW AND THEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRED AND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN APA AND THE ANIMAL SERVICES BECAME MORE PERMANENT AND, AND SOLIDIFIED, AND IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAD PERMISSION TO USE DEDICATED PARKLAND FOR A NON PARK PURPOSE, BUT ABSOLUTELY FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND FOR A, UM, A, A PUBLIC PURPOSE THAT CITY COUNCIL ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTED WITH THE, WITH THE PHILOSOPHY OF NO KILL IN 2017 AND DECEMBER.
UH, THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
ONE WAS THAT THERE WAS THE, UM, UH, AUTHORIZATION OF A MORE PERMANENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UM, THE, UH, UH, AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER AND THE, UM, AND THE, UH, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, THE NONPROFIT THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AGAIN, WE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, FOR THE, UH, CHAPTER 26.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN 2018 COUNCIL APPROVED WAIVING SPECIFIC FEES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR ANIMAL CENTER AND AUSTIN PETS ALIVE.
AND THEN ALSO LATER IN THAT YEAR, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY NEGOTIATE, THEY AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A 25 YEAR HARP IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT AND JOINT ACCESS AGREEMENT.
AND THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT WAS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YMCAS OF AUSTIN FOR PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND THE LAMAR BEACH HARP.
AND ALSO IT ALSO INCLUDED BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A 0.75 ACRES OF LAND THAT HAD BEEN OWNED BY THE YMCAS TO ALLOW FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PARK SPACE OR IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION SPACE, THAT APA WOULD BE LICENSED TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP NEW FACILITIES OR TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING FACILITIES.
AND SO IT WAS A THREE WAY AGREEMENT, BASICALLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AGREED TO HELP WITH SOME PARKING AND EVEN THE WHY MCA AGREED TO HELP PAY FOR SOME PARKING THAT WE WOULD THEN SHARE THAT WOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO THE YMCAS AND IN RETURN, WHY MCA WAS GIVING TO, UM, TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN 0.7, FIVE ACRES OF LAND THAT ALLOWED THE WYATT THAT ALLOWED APA TO DEVELOP ON.
AND THEN THAT FREED UP SOME PARKLAND THAT, UH, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN USED TO BUILD ON.
BUT NOW, NOW THAT CHAR PLAN, UM, TO THE SOUTH OF THAT SPACE WOULD BE FREED UP, UH, AND IT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE USED AS PARKLAND INSTEAD OF BEING USED AS, UM, SPACE THAT, THAT APA WOULD EITHER RENOVATE OR BUILD ON.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE HISTORY.
UM, IN 2020 COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT.
SO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT I HAD BEEN REFERENCING AND ALL OF THE OTHER HISTORIES THAT WERE DONE, A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS AND EXTENSIONS, WELL, ALL OF THOSE, UM, HAD ENDED.
AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE TO BE A FINAL EXTENSION FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTH RENEWAL, OR PERHAPS UP TO A, UP TO A YEAR, UM, FOR THERE TO BE SOME FINAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE, NONPROFIT AND ANIMAL SERVICES FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE ANIMAL CENTER, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OR RENOVATION OF THE SPACE, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT THE NOCO PHILOSOPHY.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION, UM, BOARD MEMBER THAT SHARON LEWIS ASKED THE QUESTION WAS IS WHAT IS THE PURVIEW THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD HAS OVER THIS PROCESS? AND SO WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS, IS THAT AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, I BELIEVE THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD WAS MADE AWARE OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTION.
IT'S SPANNED OVER SO MANY YEARS.
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I WOULDN'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO THEIR MEMBER, PLUS NOT EVEN ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY HERE ARE STILL, UM, ARE, ARE STILL WITH US.AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY COUNCIL DIRECTION AS TO HOW THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT, UM, THIS NO-KILL PHILOSOPHY AND SUPPORT THE DEEDS OF THE OVERALL NEEDS OF THE CITY, UM, WITH REGARDS TO HOUSING, OUR HOMELESS ANIMALS.
UM, SO THE PARKS BOARD, CERTAINLY YOU WOULD HEAR ABOUT THE CHAPTER 26 PROCESSES.
YOU WOULD BE, YOU WILL BECOME AWARE OF THEM, AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO EITHER PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER YOU SUPPORTED THEM AS A PARKS COURT, OR WHETHER YOU DID NOT SUPPORT THEM, BUT ULTIMATELY THOSE DECISIONS WERE WENT TO CITY COUNCIL THROUGH PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THEN WE'RE, UM, THE VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF, UM, OF THE PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE, UH, AUSTIN CHECKS ALIVE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES, THAT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR ANIMAL SERVICES TO, UM, TO NEGOTIATE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PARDON NEGOTIATES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING FOR ANIMALS.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IN MY OPINION, THE ANIMAL SERVICES COMMISSION IS LIKELY THE ENTITY THAT WOULD GOVERN, UM, OR PROVIDE COMMENTS OR PROVIDE INPUT AS TO WHAT A AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, FOLLOWING THE NO KILL PHILOSOPHY IN THE CARE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS AND ANIMAL SERVICES, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE ENTITY TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST HAND THIS OVER TO, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, CHIEF ANIMAL SERVICES, OFFICER DON BLAND, TO ALLOW HIM TO EXPLAIN WHERE, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES IS CURRENTLY WITH THE CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS.
UM, AFTER THIS ASSIGNMENT, AFTER THIS EXTENSION THAT I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT, AND THEN WE'LL BOTH BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THIS ORIGINAL LICENSE AGREEMENT ENDED IN MAY OF 2019, UH, AN EXTENSION WAS GIVEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR DURING THAT YEAR OUT, DIDN'T COME IN UNTIL AUGUST 19.
SO THAT WAS BEFORE ME, BUT, UH, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE WAS DETERMINING WHAT THEY COULD AND COULDN'T DO ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, INHIBITORS THAT, YOU KNOW, POWER LINES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAUSE THEM TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO.
AND DURING THIS PROCESS, THEY FOUND IT WAS MORE TEDIOUS THAN THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
AND SO WHEN THAT EXPIRED, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, UH, TO FINALIZE WHAT THEY CAN DO.
CAN THEY REBUILD, CAN THEY, UH, REMODEL, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEW STRUCTURES CAN THERE BE? BECAUSE BASED ON SOME OF THEIR DESIGNS THAT THEY GOT FROM THEIR ARCHITECTURES, IT, IT WASN'T POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITING FACTORS.
THERE'S A, UH, A VERY LARGE, UH, WATER PIPE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THAT PROPERTY THAT SUPPORTS DOWNTOWN, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A FACTOR AS WELL AS THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
BUT I JUST HAVE TO, I WANT TO COMMENT ON SOME OF THE EMAIL THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE SAYING, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, WITH, IF YOU GO BUY GROCERIES AT HEB OR BUY A CAR FROM CHEVROLET, JUST TO BE, YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, UNLESS THERE'S A SPECIFIC CONTRACT, YOU CAN'T ASK THEM WHAT THEIR PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT IS.
THERE'S NO, ALL THESE RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES FROM THE COUNCIL, NONE OF THEM HAVE DIRECTED THEM OR PUT IN THERE FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THEIR FUNDRAISING IS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT BASED ON THE NEW LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT YOU KNOW WILL BE WORKED OUT, AND THIS BEING WORKED OUT, THEY WILL HAVE IN THERE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BILL AND YOU COME UP WITH BUILDING PLANS, YOU HAVE TO, THEY WILL BE GIVEN A TIME PERIOD TO RAISE THAT MONEY.
AND AT THE END OF THAT TIME PERIOD, THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION SHOWING THAT THEY HAVE THE FUNDS OR SECURED THE FUNDS OR OFFENDING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THIS PROCESS.
AND, UH, REAL ESTATE WILL BE THE ONE THAT ADMINISTERS ITS CONTRACT.
THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO PRESENT THAT SHAPE.
AND THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 20 MILLION ON BUILDING.
AND WE'VE GOT AMENDMENTS HERE FOR 20 MILLION, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
AND THERE ARE TIMEFRAMES THAT WILL BE SET UP IN THAT FAR, THEN DO THAT.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AN INTEGRAL PARTNER.
THEY SAVE OVER 3000 ANIMALS A YEAR.
AND WITH THAT ADDITIONAL 3000 ANIMALS THAT, THAT THEY SAY, UH, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE OR PARTNER THAT WOULD HANDLE THAT, UH, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE POSITION.
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NO KILL COMMUNITY IN THE NATION.SO WITH THAT, I THINK OUR WE'LL TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, DIRECTLY RECOMMEND NEARLY AND MR. BLAND.
SO, UM, I GUESS IF WE CAN JUST OPEN IT UP AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PERSONAS AND THERE WE GO, BOARD MEMBER FOST.
I THINK I MISSED SOMETHING IN THE BEGINNING, BUT WAS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ACTION ON OR WAS IT A BRIEFING? SOMEONE REQUESTED, I GUESS I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
I REQUESTED IT BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN SOME CONSTITUENT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.
AND SO I HAD TALKED TO A DIRECTOR REALLY, WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED, LET'S PUT THE ANIMAL CENTER FOR A WHILE.
SO THAT'S JUST SO WE CAN HAVE THIS DONE.
SO IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THIS? YES,
SO THE PERSON THAT CALLED IN, UH, IN CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS AND HAVE, HAS THE PLAN BEEN ADDRESSED ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING ISSUES? I, I MEAN, MR. BLAND KIND OF ADDRESSED IT, BUT, UM, BUT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE IS INVOLVED IN RAISING MONEY TO BUILD THE SHELTERS.
THAT WILL BE, IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE WE'RE PROVIDING LAND AND WE PROVIDED A WAY THE NEW SHELTERS IS THERE IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, IS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, WHERE THERE WILL BE ONCE A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO PROCEED, ADMITTED NEW SHELTER.
THERE WILL BE STIPULATIONS IN THERE THAT IF THEY EXPECT TO SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY, THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY SECURED AS MUCH MONEY OR FUNDRAISING LUNGS, WHATEVER.
SO THAT IS PART OF THAT PRIOR TO THEIR AGREEMENT, WE HAVE NO AGREEMENT THAT HAS THEM TO REPORT THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING TO US.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF ANY AGREEMENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO TELL FOLKS MY VIEW, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT'S SHARED, IS THIS, IS THEY ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE.
JUST LIKE WE HAVE OTHER MASTER PLANS, WHETHER IT'S WALL THROUGH THE LONG PARK SYSTEM.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE REROUTING SAY SAR CHAVEZ THROUGH ON THAT LAMAR, EACH MASTER PLAN DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT CREATES THAT FRAMEWORK.
AND, UM, THAT THEY'RE NOT A CONCESSION TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENTS AND PARTS OF THE WORK.
SO THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO, TO GET IN THERE AND MAKE THESE REQUIREMENTS AS A, I DO ABSOLUTELY THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE.
LIKE DIRECTOR BLAND HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, ON LIKE ON THERE, THE NEW AGREEMENT OR THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH.
AND BEFORE THEY START BUILDING THAT, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY IS COUNTED, THE MONEY IS REALIZED.
AND SO WHEN THEY GO THROUGH A CAPITAL PROJECT, THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO FULLY FUND IT AND THEY HAVE THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THAT WE'RE DOING IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN STILL HOUSE THAT 3000 ANIMALS OR FIND A WAY FOR THEM AS THAT, THAT MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CONCERN OF THE CITIZENS RELATING TO THIS ISSUE AND TO GET THE CLARIFICATION, YOU KNOW, BY JUST THAT MASTER PLAN.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT OKAY, BOOM.
I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE ANIMAL SERVICES, SOME ANIMAL SERVICES WANTS TO LOOK OUT ON THESE CLAIMS, THEY BE CURRENT, WHETHER IT'S SAFETY OR CAPACITY TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT THAT'S REALLY OUTSIDE THE STUB OF OUR PARKS BOARD.
I JUST SAY THAT AS A, AS A CITIZEN OF AUSTIN AND A FOSTER FOSTER DOG, PARENT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
JUST LIKE TO MAKE MY COMMENT THAT, UH, IT'S NOT ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE UP TO CODE.
THAT IS A CODE REQUIREMENT AND CODE IS CONSTANTLY CHECKING AND UPDATING AND WORKING WITH LIKE THEY DO ANY CITY SERVICE OR, YOU
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KNOW, PERSON IN THE CITY.SO THAT IS SOMETHING, A FUNCTION OF THE CODE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT WAS LIKE, SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK US, WHAT WERE THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR ENSURING THERE WAS SOME KIND OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND THAT PEOPLE WERE CHECKING ON IT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT WE'RE MEMBER COME CYBER WHO HAD TO LEAVE WHEN I HAD TO ASK.
AND, AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY DOESN'T FALL UNDER OUR PURVIEW, BUT I THINK SHE HAS A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
SHE SAID SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER AP WILL STILL BE ACTING AS A SHELTER RUMORS ARE THAT THEY ARE RELYING ON VOLUNTEERS TO FOSTER ALL ANIMALS.
IS THIS JUST FOR THE TIME BEING WELL, A NEW SHELTER IS BUILT, IF NOT, WHY ARE WE SUBSIDIZING? SO IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ONE, WELL, I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUBSIDY THAT WE GIVE THEM IS THE USE OF THE LAND.
AND IN PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS THAT WE PAID A PERCENTAGE OF THE UTILITIES, UH, IN, IN MOVING FORWARD, THERE WILL BE NO CASH SETS, EASY HOPE, NO UTILITIES WILL BE SUBSIDIZED AT ALL AND HOW THEY RUN THEIR SHELTER IS, IS I GUESS, UP TO THEM, WE CAN GET ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE PILOT OF THIS NEW HUMAN ANIMAL, SOCIAL SERVICE MODEL, WHERE YOU PUT MORE ANIMALS IN FOSTER AND WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FROM OUR OWN, OUR OWN EXPERIENCE THAT LIVES IN FOSTER, UH, IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN OUR SHELTER ENVIRONMENT.
SO IF, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAY HAVE ALWAYS HAD ANIMALS AND FOSTER AND WE HAVE, UM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MORE STAFF THAN THE ALL ANIMALS IN HER DESK, BUT THAT, THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HAVING CHEMOS THERE, WHETHER IT BE YOU WHEAT MODELING BUILDING, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN CHANNELS AT THAT LOCATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, UM, OR COMMENTS LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NOT, WELL, THANK YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO, I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT TWO COMPUTERS.
THE AGENDA KEEPS DISAPPEARING.
[Consent]
ITEM IS FOR CONSENT AND THIS IS, UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON THIS.IT SAYS WITH THE SAVE MUNI CONSERVATIVE, SEE, IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAVE HISTORIC.
WE NEED CONSERVANCY TO OPERATE THE FOOD AND ART AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION AT LYONS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU, IN YOUR WORDS, KIMBERLY, TO SAVE HISTORIC COMMUNITY DISTRICTS.
IT'S JUST, THE NAME IS ACTUALLY SAVED AND IT'S DISTRICT INSTEAD OF CONSERVANCY.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MOVE THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THEM TO OPERATE THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONCESSION SECOND, SECOND BY BERMUDA PALMA.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR AND OTHERS, UH, SURE.
WE HEARD THAT AT THE CONTRACT.
[C1. Discussion of mixed-use park spaces specific to skateboarding, derby and BMX facilities. Presenter: Board Member Richard DePalma]
SO MOVING ON AND NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR OWN BOARD MEMBER, THE PALMA, AND IT'S GOING TO LEAD US IN A DISCUSSION OF MIXING PARK SPACES SPECIFIC TO SKATE BOARDING DERBY AND BMX FACILITY.AND SO I APPRECIATE OUR CHALLENGE ON TIME, AND I KNOW WE WANT TO HEAR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND FOR THE CONVERSATION.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICK.
I'LL ALSO INCLUDE A VIDEO LATER.
THAT WAS SEVEN MINUTES LONG THAT WAS TAKEN BACK IN 2017.
AND SO, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAFF AND FOR OUR AB STAFF MEMBER.
I'LL JUST SAY NEXT, WHEN I'M READY TO AGREE TO GO TO
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THE NEW SLIDE, IT'S ALL YOU'LL KNOW.SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ON, LET'S SEE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, THIS IS OUR TECHNICAL PART.
WE'VE GOT NO SKATEBOARDS IN PARASITE, BUT WHERE CAN SKATEBOARDERS AND LINE SKATERS, ROLLER SKATERS, BMX RIDERS GO WITHOUT A CAR.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING BACK IN 2017 IN MY LIVING ROOM WITH A BUNCH OF THESE FOLKS FROM DERBY DERBY PLAYERS TO SKATEBOARDERS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING FOR WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT SPOT IS.
AND THAT'S WHERE AT THAT TIME I INFORMED THEM REGARDING THE BOND YOU HAD IN 2018, AS WELL AS, UM, HOW, HOW TO ACTUALLY MOBILIZE AND PUT INTO AND INPUT INTO A LONG RANGE PLAN AND MASTERED.
AND I SAID, NEXT, SO THIS IS ONE OF WHAT WE HAVE OVER AT HOUSE PARK.
UH, IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT IT'S JUST OF A GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS A BIG TRACTOR WHERE, UM, AT EVENING AT AUSTIN HIGH FOOTBALL GAME, SO WE'RE 27TH AND WE GOT TO GET BACK TO THIS SPACE AGAIN, BUT YOU'D SEE THIS AS A LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE'RE HAVING ACTIVITY IN THIS SPACE.
UM, AND FOLKS ARE GOING, THEY'RE GETTING THE RECREATION GROOVE ON SOMEWHERE.
NEXT NEXT, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SPORTS PLAZA IN CONROE.
AND I'VE HEARD THIS IN HERE REAL QUICK, JUST ONCE THAT MAKES SENSE ANYWHERE ELSE.
BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SKATE PARKS CAN BE WITHIN NATURE.
AND EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING OUT IN NATURE, BUT I GUARANTEE, OR THEM SPENDING TIME IN THIS SKATE PARK AND BEING WITHIN THE TREES AND BEING WITHIN WITH ALL THE BIRDS, THAT CONNECTION IS GOING TO BE DRAWN INSTEAD OF BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO ANYTHING ELSE WITH NEW PERSPECTIVES.
SO NEXT, UH, SO WHERE WE ARE OVERALL, I JUST KIND HAVE A QUICK REVIEW.
OUR REGION IS THAT SEAT BLAST.
THAT'S BY THERE PLENTY OF HOC FOUNDATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE NOT AS BAD AS LIKE GEORGIA AND THE SOUTHEAST.
WE'RE ALSO NOT AS GOOD AS THE MOUNTAIN STATES AND THE PACIFIC IN AUSTIN TO THE LEFT.
WE'LL SEE THE THREE PARKS THAT WE HAVE STATUS ON IS THAT ONE IS NAVAL DAVIS DISTRICT PARK, WHICH IS OUR FIRST STATE PARK THAT WAS CREATED IN 2005.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS THAT, AND MORGAN PARK CONSTRUCTION, MORGAN MOSS, BMX SKATE PARK, WENT BACK AND BEAT IT IN 2011.
AND THEN WHERE'S THE ESCAPE FACILITY OVER AT PATTERSON NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LONG RANGE PLAN, UM, WE'VE ADDRESSED IT.
AND THIS, THIS ONE WE MOST RECENTLY APPROVED AT THE END OF 2019 FOR THE 2030 PLAN.
AND WE RECOGNIZE SKATE PARKS AND THE LACK OF DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN, THERE'S A MAKESHIFT ONE, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON SECOND THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT WE HAVE NEW NONTRADITIONAL SPORTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, GOLF, BACE, BOG, WHISK ALL SKATEPARKS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE WE COMPARE SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE DEFINITELY FAR BEHIND THE CURVE.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WERE SLIGHTLY AHEAD NEXT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS OF INVESTMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS A BOARD AND AS A DEPARTMENT, AS A, AS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PLAN, OR WE SEE YOU, HARRY IS THE FUTURE INVESTMENT BEING STATE PARKS NEXT.
AND, UH, GOING BACK, I CAN ACTUALLY MEET BACKTRACKS AND SEND THE SLIDE.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I PRODUCTIVE MENTION WHY I'M EVEN TALKING ABOUT STATE FARM, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIG QUESTION.
WHY, WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION? AND THIS COMES OFF WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE JOHN TREVINO MASTER PLAN AT THE PREVIOUS MONTH'S MEETING.
AND THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS RELATING TO SKATEBOARD.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING THAT SKATEBOARDING WE USED TO DO THERE, BUT IT HAD HAD A, THERE WAS SOME NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS REGARDING SKATEBOARD, BUT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WE HAVE CLARITY TO INFORM FUTURE DECISIONS.
I'M ALSO WANTING TO REFLECT WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE TALK ABOUT THE LONG RANGE PLAN IN STATE PARKS, PATCH ON SAFETY AND HEALTH, AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW WE LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES.
SO STAYING AT THIS SLIDE, AS YOU SEE IT IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN, STATE PARKS, ISN'T SOMETHING NEW.
AND WITH THE SOUTH EAST AND EAST PUBLIC INPUT, THERE WAS A REQUEST,
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YOU KNOW, TOP FIVE BUCKS WENT UP AND WAS A SKATE PARK CITY THAT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO THAT DISCUSSION.AND THEN A PARCC FACILITIES, DISTRIBUTIONS REFERENCED LIKE SLIDE.
AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ALSO COMES UP IS IT'S SO UNSAFE AND YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY WOULD WE DO ANYTHING THAT PROMOTES INSIDE? SO THIS IS WHAT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS TOUCHES ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE THING.
UM, BUT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU'VE RIGHT NOW, SKATEBOARDING OUTSIDE IT, THEY CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT IS WHAT'S A DANGEROUS WHEN YOU'RE COLLIDING WITH MOTOR VEHICLES, BIKES, PEDESTRIANS, AND THERE OBSTACLES.
AND SO THAT SUPERVISED SKATE PARKS AS HAVE THAT MITIGATION.
AND I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF IT IN A FUTURE TIME, SOME NEXT, AND THEN THIS IS, I HAD ANOTHER ARTICLE AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL KNOW WE'VE SEEN IT WITH OBESITY RATES.
LIKE I SEE IT IN MY OWN HOUSEHOLD RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE UNDERCOAT ED RESTRICTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS ARE NOT GETTING OUTSIDE.
WHEN WE AT FORTNITE WAS AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, THEY KILLING YET ARCHING LIMITS.
AND SO THIS IS A, A, AN ARTICLE THAT WAS DONE IN OUR CONGENITAL PREVENTION, PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE SHOULD BE SENT BACK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC AS RECOGNIZED BY THE 65% OF U S CHILDREN, 20 MINUTES OF VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
UM, SKATE BOARDING WOULD DEFINITELY FALL WITHIN THAT PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS HAVE PROBLEMS BY YOU HAVE IT IN SETTING UP PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PRIESTS AT THE MOST SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO WITHOUT NECESSARILY TALKING SPECIFICALLY, THE BODY OF RESEARCH IS LINKED TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS.
NAMELY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CARS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH THINGS FOR KIDS TO PLAY.
UM, I LOVE THAT WE'RE A TRAIL CITY.
WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON TRAIL SEVEN.
MY TRAIL SETTING, YOU SERVES A, USUALLY AN OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC, BASICALLY ADULT DEMOGRAPHIC VERSUS A KID DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND I GREW UP ALWAYS THINKING THAT PARKS WERE FOR KIDS.
AND THEN JUST ONE LAST STUDY, SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO STATE BOARDS.
AND THIS IS THE CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
YOU JUST SEE, I MEAN, THIS IS A UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THEY DID THIS STUDY AND IS FINDING THAT SKATEBOARDING IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH, FACILITATES THAT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY AMONG STATUS, BUT SHE GOT NET WHEN YOU HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY ELSEWHERE AND THEN ENCOURAGES AND RESILIENCY JUST BY THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO TRAIN SO MUCH IN ORDER TO DO THAT PARTICULAR YEAH.
AND SO THEY CARRY THAT LESSON GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN THAT BRINGING IN, I MEAN, BRINGING TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND GENDER AND RIGHTS, IT BECOMES FOCUSED ON THE SKILL AND NOT NECESSARILY ON GENDER OR YOUR RACE.
THERE'S A LINK TO THAT, STAY AT THE BOTTOM.
AND THAT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY NEXT I, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO WE LET THAT LEAD? WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE, WE'VE GOT LIMITED MINE.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THE MASTER PLAN FOR WATERSHED BACK IN 2015 HAD ALREADY STARTED TALKING ABOUT ON LITTLE BIT FLIP SIDE, HOW CAN WE USE OUR PARKS FOR WATERSHED? AND SO VICE VERSA, HOW CAN WE USE OUR WATERSHED FOR PARKS? UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND, AND WE'LL SEE ON THE POLICY GUIDELINES ON THE RIGHT ARE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, MADE BY WATERSHED, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW STAFFING, IT WAS EXCESSIVE VEGETARIAN NATION, DEBRIS AND INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING TRASH DEBRIS FROM OPEN CHANNELS, WATER, RAGE, LOCAL OPTIONS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY THAT'S FELONY SECOND SUB NEXT.
SO THIS IS OVER AT SURF DITCH AND IT IS A RUNOFF OFF THE TEX DOT RIGHT SOUTH OF SLIDER.
SO THIS IMPROMPTU INTERVIEW I DID, THIS IS A SEVEN MINUTE VIDEO THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW Y'ALL LISTEN BASED TIME.
NOW THIS WAS ACTUALLY A VISITOR THAT THE GENTLEMEN UP IN THE TOP PART, HE WAS IN FROM CINCINNATI TO DO A, A, A DITCH TOUR WHERE THEY SERVED ALL THESE DIFFERENT DITCHES, WHICH IS WHY RECLAMATION AREAS AND WHAT THEY DO, THAT LOCAL FOLKS WHO ARE THERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CARS IN THE BOTTOM, RIGHT? UM, ANYTIME THAT THERE IS A MAJOR WANDER EVENT, THEY GO CLEAR THIS OUT.
AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO SKATE IT AND ARE THAT THEY DON'T ALLOW GRAFFITI.
AND YOU HAVE THESE OLDER GUYS AROUND MY AGE,
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WHO ACT AS THE STEWARDS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ACTING ACTING RIGHT.BUT THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY SAVE US TAX DOLLARS BY NOT BY MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T THAT'S STAFF COULD BE DEPLOYED ELSEWHERE VERSUS CLEANING THESE FACILITIES.
UM, THERE'S SO MUCH ON THIS VIDEO THAT HE DEFINITELY WANTS YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT WHEN WE HAVE TIME.
CAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS.
WE TALKED ABOUT STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE TALK ABOUT FINANCE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THEY'RE BROUGHT UP THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND INDIVIDUAL HAS CHIP, RIGHT? HE'S ONE OF THE LOCAL SKATEBOARDING LEADERS HERE IN AUSTIN.
SO THEN THAT'S A CERTAIN PITCH.
AND WHAT THEY'VE JUST DONE IS LEVERAGED THAT TEXTILE STONE, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S LIKE NEXT.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO ABOUT DOING IT WHERE THIS IS TOWN CENTER PARK IN DENVER, AND THERE'S A SCHOOL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, AND THEN IT'S A MAJOR PARKLAND.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THIS IS THE STORMWATER RECLAMATION AREA FOR ALL THOSE HOMES YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM UP.
SO IT ALL GOES IN THERE AND EVERYTHING IS READY OR FLOODING.
NOW GRANTED THERE'D HAVE TO BE REPAIRS, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR.
AND SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE LAKE AND WATER FOR THE WATER QUALITY CONTROLLER OPENING WITH EVERYTHING IT'S EASY TO, BUT THEY'RE THERE SKATE PARK NEVER BEEN IN THOSE AS PART OF OUR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEXT, NOT TO BE OUT DONE.
THIS IS IN DENMARK, A MASSIVE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S DESIGNED FOR A SKATE PARK.
AND SO THAT SAYS RIGHT IN THE MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS GOES ON FOREVER.
UM, AND IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW FACILITY OVER IN DENMARK, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE LEVERAGING FOR A STORM WATER.
AND IT'S A SKATE PARK WITH ALL THE RAMPS.
AND SO THEY LEVERAGED THE FUNDING FOR THAT STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASED A SOUND WITH A DESIGN TO MAKE IT A USABLE SPACE AND THEREBY NOT HAVING TO BUILD A STATE BAR SOMEWHERE ELSE NEXT.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO LEVERAGE SINCE WE HAVE THESE LIMITED LIMITED DOLLARS UNLIMITED LAND.
AND SO THIS WAS OVER THE SCAPE, HIDE WJ SKATE PARK, EUGENE, OREGON.
AND SO THIS IS AN UNDERPASS SKATE PARK, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
UM, AND DEFINITELY INCLUDING PLACES THAT HAVE EITHER HAVE A LOT OF RAIN OR HAVE A LOT OF HEAT.
AND SO IT'S A COOLER SPACE AND SKATE PARKS TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER THAN FOLKS WANT TO DEAL WITH IT AND MAYBE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO UNDER A FREEWAY, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE THIS SPACE, THAT'S JUST VACANT.
WE CAN'T GRAB VEGETATION AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND THIS IS THE LARGEST CUPBOARD IN STATE PARK IN OUR COUNTRY, X HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OVER IN TORONTO, ONTARIO.
NEXT IT'S ACTUALLY A MORE LIMITED SCOPE.
ANOTHER ONE IN VANCOUVER NEXT.
AND THIS IS ONE I LOVE AND STOCKHOLM SWEDEN.
AND IT'S A, IT'S A LINEAR PARK THAT GOES UNDERNEATH, UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY SYSTEM.
SO HERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND WE HAVE THESE UNDERPASSES ALL OVER THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS TEXTILE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY IN OUR EASEMENT.
SO THEY'RE POPPING UP, IT'S THEIR PROPERTY.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN CAP, METRO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
I ORIGINALLY APPROACHED THEM BACK IN PROBABLY EARLY 2018, BUT THEY ALREADY HAD THE PLAN FOR THE SPACE FOR CAP METRO.
BUT THIS IS ALL THE ADJACENT CAP METRO SHARED PARKING FACILITY.
SO THIS IS ALL OPEN AND THIS IS OVER BY THE TARGET OFF OF BEN WHITE, BUT THIS IS REFLECTIVE.
YOU HAVE THESE, SOME ARE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES OFFER UP NEXT.
HERE'S ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE, JUST SO MUCH FACE, MAKE IT USABLE.
HOW ABOUT USABILITY, UM, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO A PLAZA AS WELL AS A SKATE PARK NEXT.
AND THAT THAT'S REALLY THE, THE MAIN JESS.
THE GOAL AGAIN IS JUST TO GET YOU ALL UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF THE BIT.
I REALLY WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THAT VIDEO WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE, BECAUSE IT IS FAR BETTER.
I REALLY DEBATED JUST TO PLAY THE VIDEO THEN PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, BUT AT LEAST THAT THERE WAS A RECORD WRITING STATE PARTS.
SO WHETHER IT'S THIS BOARD OF FUTURE BOARDS BACK IN QUESTIONS.
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SO GO AHEAD.RICH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, SO THE FREEWAYS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THAT SPACE THAT CAN BE REPURPOSED, UM, FOR THESE ACTIVITIES, BUT, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE JURISDICTION AND ALL OF THOSE PLACES, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT TEXAS? NO.
UH, HOW DOES ALL THAT GET COORDINATED? YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOUR DISTRICT ENGINEER THEN I BELIEVE PROBABLY ULTIMATELY UP AT THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, BUT IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE IN PLACE WITH CAP METRO OR THE SHARED, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE MAJOR BUS STATION THAT IS UNDER, UNDER THERE NOW, OTHER THAN THAT AREA.
AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
I MEAN, FROM, IN SHAKA, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE ROADWAY AND INCREASE ON MOBILITY, PARTICULARLY ON BEN WHITE, IT JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE QUITE FRANKLY A SPACE IS NEEDED, BUT IT WOULD BE IT, WOULD IT BE A JOINT AGREEMENT WITH TECH STOCK? YES, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND I WAS ESPECIALLY INTRIGUED WITH SOME OF THOSE GAY PARKS UNDER THE FREEWAYS.
UM, SKATEBOARDING WAS SUPPOSED TO DATE YOU IN THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR.
IT TOOK YOU IN 2020, WHICH IS THE OLYMPICS FOR POSTPONED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE THINK OF SKATEBOARDING AS SORT OF LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL EVENT OR LIKE A GROUP OF FRIENDS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT AND GOING TO HAVE QUALIFYING QUALIFYING LADDER EVENTS.
AND THAT, UM, GENERALLY IN SPORTS TRICKLES DOWN AND ALSO PROVIDES, UM, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GRANT MONEY FOR DIFFERENT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS.
SO I DID THINK AS A SPORT IS ADVANCING QUITE A LOT.
AUSTIN MAYBE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY THINK OF A BOARD MEMBER.
MASON MURPHY, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
LIKE I HAD TO SKATEBOARD WHEN I'M DEAD, MY DAUGHTER HAS BROKEN WRIST FROM THE SUMMER AND I LOVE IT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WHEN I WAS A FORMER PEAKY TEACHER, MIDDLE SCHOOL, TIVITY OPTIONS, FH GROUP ARE SO POORLY, THEY'RE LACKING DRAMATICALLY.
AND, UH, AND I WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK CHANGE.
CAUSE THE, WHEN YOU WERE SAID, KIDS GET LESS THAN 20 MINUTES OF VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BE GETTING 60 MINUTES, MINIMUM A DAY OF MODERATE TO VIGOROUS ACTIVITY.
AND WE'RE GETTING NOTHING NEAR THAT.
MY KIDS ARE DOING, ROADBLOCKS ARE DOING FORTNIGHT, UM, AND THEY JUST AREN'T DOING IT.
SO I THINK THAT PROVIDING THINGS LIKE WHEN SHE SHOWED, I LOVE THE IDEA OF PUTTING IT UNDER ANY OF OUR OVERPASSES, JUST BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, UM, LOVED GOING IN CONROE DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT WITH PINE NEEDLES ALL OVER THE SKATE PARK.
SO I GUESS YOU HAVE TO BLOW IT EVERY DAY.
AND, UM, THERE IS AN, THERE IS AN EVENT THAT OCCURS HERE.
IT'S CALLED A STUPID FEST AND SKATEBOARDERS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD DURING, UM, ACL.
AND THEY SKATE ALL OUR DITCHES AND WE WERE REALLY GOOD SKATE DITCH RIGHT BY MY HOUSE.
AND THEY ALWAYS COME TO THAT SKATE DITCH AND THEN THEY GO UP TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO JUMP THE CURBS.
I THINK THAT, UM, UH, A MODEL ALSO ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU DIDN'T SHOW FOR SKATE PARK AND OUTDOOR, UM, LIKE GROUND EQUIPMENT FOR TEENS IS VENICE BEACH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VENICE BEACH, I HAVE PHOTOS OF VENICE.
AND IT ENCOURAGES LIFETIME FITNESS.
LIKE THE YOUNGER KIDS WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE OLDER KIDS ARE DOING, AND THEN YOU JUST CREATE THIS, UM, IT'S A CULTURE THAT CHANGES.
SO I AM HIGHLY INTERESTED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY OPEN TO HAVING STATE PARK, BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER ONES.
WELL, AND SO WHERE I AM IS WHERE TWO, THREE, AND FIVE COME TOGETHER.
SO WELL WE'LL CONNECT AFTERWARDS.
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I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE THIS OUT AND WE CAN TALK TO PARENTS BECAUSE UNLESS REMEMBER TO CALL YOU HAD SOMETHING URGENT THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD.WE JUST NEED TO MOVE UP BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES BEFORE WE NEED TO CLOSE.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF SKATES AND BIKES AND ALL THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN, THERE'S ALSO A MAKESHIFT, UM, SKATE PARK YEAH.
AND I DON'T HAVE USING THAT RIDGE, BUT, UM, WHEN I SAW IT, I SAW IT PRETTY RECENTLY WITH MY BOYS AND WE WERE ALL JUST LIKE, THIS IS AWESOME.
SO USING THOSE ALREADY ESTABLISHED CONCRETE STRUCTURES, I THINK IS REALLY GREAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND SPENDING THE TIME TO SHARE IT.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE EVERYBODY I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TOO, BUT I'M GOING TO MOVE IT AT A TIME.
SO THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
[C2. Discussion and possible action regarding the Alternative Funding Working Group (Lewis, Farasat, DePalma, Rinaldi, Taylor).]
UM, I THINK OBVIOUSLY BOARD MEMBER, UM, WHEN ALDI IS NOT HERE, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE OUT THIS, THESE WORKING GROUPS, THIS ALTERNATIVE FUNDING WORKING GROUP.AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE WORDS FOR NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TODAY.
[C3. Discussion and possible action regarding the Park and Facility Renaming (Ordinance 20160324-021) Working Group (DiCarlo, Luca).]
THE DISCUSSION ON THE PARKING FACILITY RENAMING.AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL, WEREN'T PREPARED TO DO A RESOLUTION TODAY, BERMAN, MID DECARLO, OR WHERE YOU WERE WITH THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, SINCE WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING AT A TIME AND WE CAN MOVE THIS UP, THE AGENDA, WOULD THAT BE, THAT'D BE BETTER.
WE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION PREPARED YET.
WE ARE, WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE NAILED DOWN.
NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DRAFTING THAT, THAT LANGUAGE AND KIND OF EDITING IT, UM, TO REFLECT WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE CHANGED.
IS THAT OKAY THEN TO MOVE THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR, FOR NEXT, OUR NEXT MEETING WAS FULL ACTUALLY BE IN ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EXACTLY BE READY BY THEN, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO OUR BEST AND TRY.
I APPRECIATE YOU AND BOARD MEMBERS LUCAS WORK ON THAT.
[D. DIRECTOR’S REPORT ON PROGRAM AND PROJECT UPDATES AND EVENTS]
ON, WE HAVE THE DIRECTOR SUPPORT FORMER, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR MCNEELY.DO YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE US A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS? YEAH, REAL QUICKLY.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE WALTER ILAN MASTER, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S RUNNING ON VISION PLAN THAT YOU CONSIDERED LAST YEAR.
THIS TIME WENT BEFORE COUNCIL.
IT WAS, WAS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO POSTPONE IT TO OCTOBER 15TH.
AND SO I JUST GIVING YOU THAT INFORMATION, UM, BECAUSE YOU JUST MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THAT.
UM, AND, AND PLUS IT SAYS IN YOUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT, THAT IT'LL HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, SINCE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAMAR BEACH METRO PARTNER VISION PLAN, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, ON AUGUST 27TH, UM, CHARD WAS AUTHORIZED AND NEGOTIATED, EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS THE TRAIL WAY ACCESS FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF, OF THE PARK.
AND SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY, I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE COMING OVER BY THE PRESSER CONNECTION THAT'S AT THE HEART.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT CEMETERIES LATELY, BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING TO INSTALL AND REPAIR ROADS IN SPECIFIC SECTIONS AT THE, UM, MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING, UH, THROUGH LABOR DAY AND THEN WE WILL REEVALUATE OUR, UM, OUR PARK STEM FOR WALTER ILAN, UM, AM ALIVE AND, UH, COMMONS FORWARD, BUT DEFINITELY THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING, INAPPROPRIATE PARK USAGE, UH, DURING THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND, UH, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO DR.
S SCOTT IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION YESTERDAY DURING THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION, THERE'S, UM, GREAT ENTHUSIASM THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AND, AND BEING VIGILANT AND KEEPING THE POSITIVITY RATE, LOWERING THE POSITIVITY RATE, KEEPING THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES DOWN, KEEPING THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, UM, LOW.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A, A HOLIDAY, WHICH WE ARE PREPARING WITH AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH AND AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE SOME MONITORING OF OUR PARK SYSTEM, TO ASK PEOPLE TO USE IT IN A WAY THAT WILL CONTAIN ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL SPREAD OF COVID-19.
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE DO HAVE SOME COLLEGES THAT ARE RESUMING, AND SO WHILE THERE'S GREAT ENTHUSIASM, WE'RE ALSO CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL GET THROUGH THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MAINTAIN
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THE STABILITY THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.AND AS WE START TO MAINTAIN STABILITY AND SEEING THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT STABILITY, THERE WILL BE INCREMENTAL REOPENINGS OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW AS PART BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN RECEIVING, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT NOT HAVING PARTICULAR ACCESS.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE SEND THOSE OVER TO ME OR ALLOW US TO HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP THE CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NO DECISIONS ARE MADE INDEPENDENTLY BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY MADE IN COORDINATION WITH THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BASED UPON THE DATA.
AND AS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID YESTERDAY, THE DATA IS SORT OF, THERE'S NO ONE INDICATOR THAT SAYS EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
IT'S, IT'S MULTIPLE INDICATORS IN A PARTICULAR GIVEN POINT IN TIME THAT HELPED US MAKE THAT DECISION.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LET YOU BRING YOUR ATTENTION ON PAGE SEVEN AND EIGHT OF THE REPORT.
THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION FOOD THAT COMPLEX WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT DURING THE COVID-19.
AND I FIND IT PRETTY IMPRESSIVE UP TO 60,000 HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS OF FOOD, UM, 348,000 POUNDS OF FOOD IN TOTAL.
UM, WE, UH, OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT HELPS SUPPORT THE DISTRIBUTION.
WE'RE STILL PROVIDING, UM, BACKPACK, UM, THE DISTRIBUTION OF BACKPACKS AND ACCESS TO OUR PARK SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE PREPARED FOR SCHOOL.
AND I DID WANT TO JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE DID CHANGE THE TERMS OF OUR PLANS.
AND SO WE WERE SUNSETTING THE TERM MASTER PLAN, AND WE WERE TRYING TO USE THE WORDS LIKE VISION PLAN OR FACILITY PLAN.
AND THERE WAS A MEMO THAT I BELIEVE I SENT OUT TO YOU.
I WANT TO GIVE US ALL GRACE IN THAT OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK AND THAT I REALIZED THAT WE WILL BE USING THOSE TERMS INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, THAT WORD MASTER PLAN WILL GO AWAY AND WE WILL BE, UM, FULLY USING THINGS LIKE VISION AND FACILITY AND, UM, FORECASTING AND THOSE SORTS OF WORDS.
SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UM, OUR, OUR TEAM WORKS REALLY SUPER HARD AND WE HAVE MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD AND IT'S HOT.
AND, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY TO BE HAD, BUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS WILLING TO AND WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING ENHANCEMENT CASE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING OPERATIONS THAT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WERE PROVIDED A STIPEND FOR THEIR WORK AND TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR, UM, FOR THEIR DEDICATION.
AND FOR FACT, THAT THIS ANXIETY, THEY WERE, THEY CONTINUED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT OTHERS WHO MADE DECISIONS STAY HOME FOR FAMILY REASONS OR NOT, UM, ALSO HARD WORKERS AND DEDICATED WORKERS, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WORTH NOTING THAT THE CITY DID RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL, I'M JUST READY TO TAKE NOTES AS
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TO THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON FOOD, THE WAY IT LOOKS ON MY SCREEN WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.SO I'LL START OUT WITH BOARD MEMBER, LUCA, YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO STAY DRESSED AT THE NEXT MEETING, OR YES, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE, UM, A GUIDANCE.
OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GIVING ALL OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMMING, UM, TO OPEN UP, UH, LATER THIS FALL, AS YOU KNOW, STUDENTS ARE COMING BACK TO SCHOOL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, OUR YOUTH ACTIVITIES ARE SO IMPORTANT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR YOUTH SERVICE, UH, PROGRAMMING, UM, IN A SAFE WAY.
SO, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO CLARIFY ANY KIND OF GUIDANCE ABOUT YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND THE OPENING UP WOULD BE COMING FROM THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT I AM HAPPY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR WHEN WE'RE OPENING THINGS AND ALSO PROVIDE FOR YOU SOME OF THAT GUIDANCE.
WILL THAT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR YOUR NUMBER? OKAY.
THANK YOU, LUCA, WOULD THAT BE A REPORT THEN ANOTHER PRESENTATION? YEAH, I THINK A REPORT'S FINE.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE DRAFT REPORT, PAGE ONE AND TWO, WHERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE CENTRAL WILLIAMSON CREEK GREENWAY VISION PLAN.
UM, IT SAYS THAT IT'S DISTRICT FIVE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
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THAT PROJECT.SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS LOVE TO JUST HAVE AN UPDATE REGULARLY ON WE'RE DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS IN OUR PARKS, UH, THE TOM DONOVAN, HOMELESS CAMPS, GENERATORS NEEDLES, LITERALLY, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO ON PARKLAND THAT WAY.
THERE'S A WHOLE PRESENTATION THAT IS THE NEXT PARKS BOARD MEETING, AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU SOME REGULAR UPDATES.
THANK YOU FOR MEMBER DEPALMA REQUEST, IS THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY MINE.
SO THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE A, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A MEMO RELATING TO, UM, ANY OF THE STATE STATUTORY CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS OR PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE FACE BOTH IN TERMS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON LAND USAGE, AND THEN ALSO NEXT DOT AND JUST WHOEVER CAN DO THE BEST JOB ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I'VE HAD LIKED TO BE ABLE TO HELP INFORM OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM IF POSSIBLE.
SO W IS THAT A REPORT THEN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR A PRESENTATION? HE WENT DOWN THAT WAY.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP VALUABLE TIME AND I DO EITHER SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE AGENDA IS THE BYLAWS FOR THE APPROVAL OF OUR BYLAW.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAVE SPACE FOR THAT.
UM, I KNOW BOARD MEMBER FILES AND GOT IT.
REMEMBER TAYLOR? UM, NO, I JUST, I ACTUALLY WANTED A SECOND, UM, BOARD MEMBER DIPLOMA JUST ASKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT REPORT AS WELL.
YES, I HAD IN WRITING, UM, TO DIRECTOR MCNEELY REQUESTED A BRIEFING ON THE BARTON CREEK GREENBELT RESIDENCE SYSTEM, UM, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THAT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME AS SOME OF THE OTHER PART CLOSURES AND RESERVATION SYSTEM, BUT IT WAS NOTED AS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR FIVE MONTHS.
AND, UM, SO I SUBMITTED A LIST OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PILOT NATURE OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE LONGTERM PLANS ARE SORT OF WHAT PUBLIC INPUT WOULD BE TAKEN, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION IS BEING COLLECTED? HOW WILL THAT BE ANALYZED? WHAT ARE THE DECISION MAKING FACTORS? UM, SO I HAD A WHOLE LIST OF QUESTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE TO THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IN WRITING RATHER THAN READING THEM ALL HERE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COVER, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT THEM NOW, IN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE COVERED AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, WHICH I ASSUME, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE AUGUST MEETING, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT SHOULD BE A REPORT OR A BRIEFING.
I DO KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR, UM, WHATEVER THE PROSPECT IS TO BE SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST CONTAIN A SUMMARY COMPONENT THAT I CAN PROVIDE TO PARK USERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE.
AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I'M NOT SURE IF I PUT IN THE LIST OF QUESTIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE REALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT IS WHO ARE THE USERS THAT ARE MOST EFFECTED BY THIS RESERVATION SYSTEM THAT WE MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE HEARING FROM.
AND HOW CAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS CAN GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT, UM, ANECDOTALLY I THINK THAT IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT HARDER FOR KIDS TO GET TO THE GREENBELT WITH THEIR FAMILIES ON THE WEEKENDS.
UM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT I HEAR BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF GETTING KIDS OUT INTO AN AREA LIKE THAT.
AND IT CREATES A SYSTEM WHERE IT'S SOMETHING YOU BUY A TICKET FOR AND PLAN RATHER THAN JUST SORT OF ACCESSING OUR, UM, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN CONSIDER THAT TOO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
YOU SAID ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER MOON.
IT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA AND THERE'S SOME BRIEF ANSWERS TO BOARD MEMBER, BUT THERE, BUT BY ADMITTED, THEY SAID THAT THE PRESENTATION WOULD BE OKAY.
I DO KNOW THAT I REMEMBER CON SEIBEL, UH, YEAH.
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AND ALSO TEXTED ME THAT SHE HAD A, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.SHE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE INCORPORATED IN THAT HERS WAS, WHAT IS HER PLAN FOR REOPENING PULLS TO KEEP DESK? THESE ARE HER, HER WORDS TO KEEP DESPERATE PEOPLE FROM JUMPING FROM THE BRIDGE AT BARTON SPRINGS AND SWIMMING IN LADY BIRD LAKE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF TIED INTO THAT WHOLE THING AS WELL.
SO MAYBE WE COULD INCLUDE THE, UM, MY NEW BUSINESS I'M IN AS WELL.
SO THIS REMEMBER THE CARLA I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
BUT REMEMBER FAST, LET'S TALK ABOUT QUICKLY.
I DID GET A BUNCH OF CALLS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST SWIMMING, SETTING UP THESE CHAIRS, SWIMMING AND LADY BIRD LAKE, NOT I'VE SEEN IT HAPPENING AT THE BRIDGE, BUT ALSO UNDER MOPAC.
AND I GUESS I'M NOT UP TO DATE ON WHAT THE LATEST IN HEALTH INFORMATION OUT SWIMMING AND LADY BIRD LAKE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU DID IT IN A VERY LIMITED BASIS.
LIKE VOTING'S OKAY, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE JUMPING UNDER WATER.
MAYBE OUR WATER QUALITY IS EXCELLENT, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS THERE.
SO, SO ONE MEMBERS, THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THERE'S NO SWIMMING AND LADY BIRD LAKE WITH THE EXCEPTION.
THAT IS THE SPACE JUST BELOW THE SPILLWAY TO THE, TO THE OPENING OF LADY BIRD, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY EXCEPTION WHERE THE BARKING SPRINGS AREA.
AND I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO THOSE CONCERNS, UM, AND, AND REALIZE OF TIME ARE OUR FRIENDS AND APD TO HELP US.
BUT AS I HAD REPORTED BEFORE, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, IN SOME CASES WE HAVE HALF THE STAFF AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE OUR PARK SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT NEARLY AS, UM, SIMPLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T CARE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT TO ENFORCE THE REGULATIONS.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ADDRESS IT, YOU KNOW, BE IT MESSAGING AND SOCIAL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT I WILL ADMITTEDLY TELL YOU THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE.
UM, WE'VE EVEN TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT BRIDGE SPACE JUST FOR YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT PERHAPS THERE WAS A WAY FOR US TO BUILD SOMETHING ON THAT BRIDGE THAT MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO JUMP FROM, BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT STRUCTURALLY, WE COULDN'T PUT ANY ADDITIONAL LOAD ON THERE, OR WE WOULD, WE WOULD RENDER THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, UM, UH, NOT, NOT APPROPRIATE, RIGHT.
THERE WOULD BE SOME LIABILITY.
SO I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IT AND WE'RE NOT IGNORING IT, JUST WEARING A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGHER TIMES AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
UM, SO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TO KNOW HOW WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS IT AND MAYBE LET SOME OF THE CHALLENGES CONTINUE.
UM, CAN I SAY REAL QUICK, I HAVE A, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE BY THE, OR GETTING IN THE WATER RIGHT THERE.
SO I CAN FOCUS ALSO JUST ON COMMUNICATING THE MESSAGE SO MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA ON TOXIC ALGAE.
DON'T LET YOUR DOGS SWAM, BUT I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN, DO NOT SWIM MESSAGING, UM, IN MY OWN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA BUBBLE.
CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW MAYBE THE RECOMMENDATION CHANGED.
SO MAYBE IT'S A COMMUNICATION ISSUE AS MUCH AS AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ENFORCEMENT.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET TICKETS.
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET GREAT.
REMEMBER THE CARLO? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
SO I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT I KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFF THE ROCK COMING UP ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DID AT SOME POINT AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE AT THE NEXT MINUTE.
I'D LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON RECYCLING IN THE PARKS.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO TELL THEM MORE ABOUT OUR INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMMING AND SINUS THAT WE USE TO KIND OF REFLECT THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF OUR PARKS AT THIS TIME.
I THINK IN THIS DAY IN TIME, REALIZING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ARCS THAT HAVE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT HISTORY THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED, UH, FROM MINORITY COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IN SOME OF OUR PARKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT, UM, HOW DOES COMMUNITIES FIT INTO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THOSE PARKS BACK IN, YOU KNOW, IN HISTORY, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, BUT THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF MEETING, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET AS MUCH COVERED AS WE'D LIKE TO.
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WE'LL GET BACK TO FACE TO FACE, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON.SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S UM, LIKES ABILITY WITH THE MEETINGS.
AS WE SAID AT THE BEGINNING, I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS TUESDAY NIGHTS, YOU KNOW, SIX O'CLOCK THE THIRD, TUESDAY, OR THE FOURTH, TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND SO IT'S BEEN, UM, FRUSTRATING.
SO ANYWAYS, SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE UP THE MINI MINI THAT HE HAS? ALL RIGHT, THEN I AM GOING TO OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE MEETING.