Closed Caption Log, Council Meeting, 04/11/02

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MAYOR GARCIA: WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL IN THE ROOM, I'M GOING TO CALL BACK TO ORDER A REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, FOR THURSDAY, APRIL THE 11TH, THE YEAR 2002. IT'S ABOUT 1:38. WE'RE AT THE CHARLES JORDAN ROOM AT THE CONLEY-GUERRERO SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, 808 NILES STREET. MS. BROWN, CAN YOU READ THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS AND TIME CERTAINS, PLEASE?

CLERK BROWN: ON THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS —

MAYOR GARCIA: CAN YOU HEAR THAT BACK THERE? GET THAT MIC CLOSER TO YOU, OKAY.

CLERK BROWN: ON CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, WE ARE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS TO THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, JENNIFER GALE AND BETTY J. EDMOND. ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THAT'S FOR A SEPARATE MEETING, WOULD YOU PREFER THAT I HOLD THAT ONE? ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, IT SAYS AND EXECUTION OF AND LOAN THAT SHOULD READ EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT. WITH WELLS FARGO BANK. NUMBER 36 HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

MAYOR GARCIA: MS. BROWN, JUST A SECOND, JUST A SECOND. DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS PRINTED COPY? OKAY.

CLERK BROWN: ITEM 36 HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. ITEM 49 WHERE IT SAYS PRESENTATIONS BY FINALISTS WERE CONDUCTED MARCH 5TH, 2000, THAT SHOULD BE 2002. ITEM 51, THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS TODAY. AND ITEM 54 IF YOU WOULD ADD TO THE LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE SPONSORING IT, ADD MAYOR PRO TEM JACKIE GOODMAN. THE TIME CERTAIN ITEMS, 1:30, CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS, 2:00 P.M., BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, 2:15 P.M. IS ITEM 49; 5:30 P.M., LIVE MUSIC AND PROCLAMATIONS, AND 6:00 P.M. IS PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEMS 56 THROUGH 60.

MAYOR GARCIA: THE — MR. HILGERS, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION — HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE?

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MAYOR GARCIA: 15 OR — YOU HAVE VISITED WITH ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, I SUSPECT? [INAUDIBLE - NO MIC]

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE REASON I'M MENTIONING THIS IS BECAUSE BOTH ITEMS NUMBER 49 AND ITEM NO. 56, WE WANT TO TAKE UP BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH HAS TO LEAVE FOR AN APPOINTMENT OUT OF TOWN. AND SHE WILL BE LEAVING AT 3:30. OKAY. NOW WE GO TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION GENERAL. THE FIRST ONE IS DEEDY ATKINS, FOLLOWING DEEDY ATKINS IS MR. GUS PENA. MS. ATKINS, WELCOME, YOU CAN COME TO EITHER ONE OVER HERE OR OVER HERE, MY LEFT OR MY RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A CLIENT TO COME TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF I CAN HAVE PERMISSION TO SHARE MY TIME WITH HER.

MAYOR GARCIA: AS LONG AS YOU STAY WITHIN 3 MINUTES, YOU ARE FINE.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DEEDY ATKINS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY NURSERY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT AGENCY THAT'S BEEN PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES TO LOW INCOME WORKING FAMILIES IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOR SIX DECADES. WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER FAMILIES AT AFFORDABLE INCOME BASED SLIDING SCALE FEE STRUCTURE, SUBSIDIZED IN LARGE PART BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN. TODAY, HOWEVER, I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE AUSTIN AREA HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, WHO DELIVER CHILD CARE SERVICES. THE MISSION OF THE AUSTIN AREA HUMAN SERVICES ASSOCIATION IS TO INTERPRET THE HUMAN SERVICE NEEDS OF THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA TO POLICY MAKERS AND TO THE PUBLIC. AND TO SUPPORT MEMBER AGENCIES IN MEETING THESE NEEDS. THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN STEADILY OVER THE LAST DECADE AND HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE NATIONAL CRISIS AND ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. OUR GOAL IN THIS CITIZENS COMMUNICATION IS TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION TO ASSIST YOU IN TAKING STRATEGIC AND MEANINGFUL ACTION ON CHILD CARE ISSUES. WITH ME TODAY IS CARMEN [INAUDIBLE] KING, A MOTHER OF CHILDREN WHO ATTEND MY SCHOOL. THROUGH THIS SUBSIDY PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW THIS FUNDING IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HER FAMILY.

I AM A SINGLE MOM, TOO. I HAVE A TWO AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD. I HAVE BEEN WITH ACS FOR ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT — THAT TAKING THEM THERE HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. AVERAGE DAYCARE COSTS FOR MY TWO KIDS WOULD BE ABOUT $1,175. THAT'S $100 MORE THAN I TAKE HOME A MONTH. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL AND I AM ON THE SUBSIDIZED SLIDING SCALE FEE, I CAN — I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE MEDICAL INSURANCE AND DENTAL INSURANCE, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND MY OWN PLACE TO LIVE, BECAUSE I CAN RELY ON THE QUALITY AND ON THE RELIABILITY OF TAKING THEM THERE EVERY DAY. MY PERFORMANCE AT WORK HAS IMPROVED. AND I HAVE BEEN PROMOTED.

CARMEN'S TOTAL FEES NOW ARE 12% OF HER INCOME, WHICH IS $177 A MONTH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN WORKING PARENTS, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. GUS PENA, FOLLOWING MR. PENA, MR. SCOTT JOHNSON, WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY MANAGER TOBY FUTRELL. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, TO — I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HAPPENED YET OR NOT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE SPOKEN POSITIVELY ABOUT TOBY FUTRELL. I CONSIDER HER A GOOD FRIEND. I CONSIDER HER A MENTOR. I CONSIDER HER A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROFESSIONAL OUT THERE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS IN THERE FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE NEEDY. I URGE, STRONGLY, RESPECTFULLY, THAT TOBY FUTRELL BE APPOINTED PERMANENT CITY MANAGER AND NOT GOING OUT LOOKING FOR — I WAS GOING TO SAY A SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH. WE NEED THAT ONE, ALSO, BUT A SEARCH FOR A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER. SHE WILL MAKE A GOOD ONE, SHE IS A GOOD ONE, POLICE APPOINT HER AS SUCH. SECOND OF ALL, I'M ALL ABOUT GIVING THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO HELP OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER WILL WYNN FOR HAVING THE COURAGE AND THE GUTS TO BRING UP THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT ISSUE AND TAKE IT TO A VOTER REFERENDUM. IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND IT HAS BEEN DIALOGUED, IT HAS BEEN THROWN ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT, ALSO, MAYOR GARCIA. IN YOUR TIME EARLIER, IN YOUR CAREER. I'M GOING TO BE QUITE HONEST, QUITE BLUNT. I SUPPORT THIS ISSUE. I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL TWICE. I DID PRETTY GOOD THE SECOND TIME. NOT THE FIRST TIME. BUT IF I HAD RUN IN THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT, I WOULD BE A SITTING COUNCILMEMBER. I WOULD. I'M A NATIVE OF EAST AUSTIN. ANY NEW DISTRICT OR OLD DISTRICT. BUT I THINK, I URGE THE VOTERS TO LOOK INTO THIS, ALSO, TO VOTE APPROPRIATELY. VOTE APPROPRIATELY. BECAUSE, GUS, WHATEVER MIGHT BE DECIDED RIGHT THERE, MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT WE NEED. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPRESS INTEREST IN SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, CONTINUED LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME HOMELESS AS I SPEAK, LIVING IN MOTELS, OTHER DECREPIT HOUSING. THERE IS A GREAT NEED TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE CITY MANAGER. AND WE NEED TO REALLY START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU H.U.D. SECRETARY MEL MARTINEZ REGARDING HOUSING ISSUES. DEFICIENCIES IN HOUSING HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY. I MADE A PRESENTATION AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. HE KNOWS THAT THE ISSUES OVER HERE WILL BE DIALOGUING SOME MORE. HE WILL BE SENDING AN UNDERSECRETARY TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE HERE IN AUSTIN. I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT, ALSO. AGAIN AS YOU VOTE ON SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS ON ALL OF THE ISSUES, WAITING FOR D.O.J. TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY, I ASK GOD TO GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH, COURAGE AND WISDOM TO REALLY MAKE AN APPROPRIATE VOTE AND DECISION ON THESE ISSUES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE IN A WORLD OF HURT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WITH THE DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY. THERE ARE A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HURT. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER WILL WIN FOR YOUR VISION ON SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. [BUZZER SOUNDING].

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. PENA. MR. SCOTT JOHNSON AND FOLLOWING MR. JOHNSON MR. CRAIG GORDON. MR. JOHNSON, WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCILMEMBERS AND STAFF, HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TWO VERY IMPORTANT AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES. THE FIRST IS THE CENTRAL TEXAS LAWN MOWER UPGRADE INITIATIVE OF WHICH I AM THE PRODUCT MANAGER. WE HAD A SALES EVENT DAY IN MARCH — MARCH 16TH AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND — MARCH 16TH AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND SALES EVENT DAY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH. THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO — TO ASK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRADE IN THEIR EXISTING GAS POWERED LAWN MOWER FOR A NEW ELECTRIC MULCHING MODEL. IN DOING THIS WE ARE HOPING TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AS WELL AS WATER QUALITY AND THE APRIL 20TH EVENT, WE HAVE CHANGED THE HOURS, I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT. THE HOURS ARE FROM 8:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. AS WELL QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED. IT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. THERE WILL BE NO RAIN CHECKS OFFER IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICULARLY THE CORDLESS, BATTERY PACKED MODEL, WE WILL EDGE COURAGE THEM TO COME OUT BY 9:00 AT THE HOME DEPOT AT WOODWARD AND SOUTH I-35. THE EVENTS AFTER WE CONCLUDE THEM, INCLUDING THE SAN MARCOS EVENT, WE WILL HOPE TO SELL UPWARDS OF 650 MOWERS. THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY IN THIS REGARD WILL BE SALES TAX REVENUES IN EXCESS OF 11,500 DOLLARS AND ELECTRIC GENERATION REVENUE BACK TO THE CITY IN EXCESS OF $2400. THE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS ARE AS SUCH REDUCING OZONE FORMING POLLUTION BY OVER 250 POUNDS PER OZONE SUMMER DAY. AND CARBON MONOXIDE, APPROXIMATELY 500 POUND PER OZONE SUMMER DAY. THE — THE EVENT IS ONE THAT WE HOPE TO DO ANNUALLY. THE CITY IS FUNDING PARTNER THERE. WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT SUPPORT. WE HOPE THAT MORE AND MORE OF YOU MIGHT COME OUT TO THAT EVENT THIS COMING — A WEEK FROM THIS WEEKEND. AND WE ALSO PROMOTE AT THE EVENT OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRACTICES. WE ARE GIVING AWAY FREE DILLO DIRT WHICH THE CITY MAKES AND MAKES MONEY ON. TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM — FROM CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS FOR THEIR LAWN. ALSO, WE ARE GIVING AWAY COUPONS FOR HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS, AS WELL AS WE ARE GIVING THEM SOME INFORMATION CREATED BY THE CITY ON BETTER LANDSCAPING PRACTICES TO REDUCE THE APPLICATIONS OF FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HARMFUL FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH AS WELL AS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR WATER QUALITY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE — PEOPLE WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, CLEAN AIR FORCE, CLEANAIRFORCE.ORG. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST THERE AS WELL, ALSO THE CITY'S WEBSITE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION THERE, TOO, THE CITYOFAUSTIN.ORG. THIS SATURDAY FREE EMISSIONS TESTING DAY, VEHICLES ARE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION IN AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS REGION. THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT HIGHLAND MALL. AND IT'S BEING SPONSORED BY THE AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE CLEAN AIR FORCE FOR THE CITY AND OTHER PARTNERS. [BUZZER SOUNDING]. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THAT EVENT BETWEEN 10:00 AND 5:00 THIS SATURDAY AT HIGHLAND MALL. NO COST TO PARTICIPATE, SOME GIVE AWAYS AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON BEHALF OF AIR QUALITY AND ALL OF THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. MR. CRAIG GORDON, FOLLOWING MR. GORDON, MR. RICHARD TROXELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS IT ON? MY NAME IS CRAIG GORDON THE OWNER OF MACRON INDUSTRIES, I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PURSUE, CONSULT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECTS. IN ADDITION TO FORMING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO FIND OTHER USES FOR DIESEL AND GASOLINE. THE BENEFITS WILL — THE BENEFITS ARE AUSTIN WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO SELL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION KILO WATTAGE TO OTHER CUSTOMERS, THIS WILL REDUCE — REDUCE OR OFFSET THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S OPERATIONS COSTS. IT WOULD ALSO CREATE JOBS WHICH WOULD STIMULATE — CREATE JOBS WHO CAN GENERATE TAX REVENUE, IT WOULD LOWER ENERGY DEMANDS IN OUR LOCAL AREAS. IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE. AUSTIN WOULD ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO FURNISH POWER AT A CHEAPER RATE FOR OUR CORPORATE BUSINESSES THAT AFFECT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. THIS WOULD ALSO PROTECT INVESTOR'S INTERESTS IN OUR LOCAL AREA. THIS PLAN WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY OF AUSTIN A FIRMER FINANCIAL BASIS FOR FUTURE CITY BUDGETS TO COME. THE CAPITAL NEEDED TO START THIS PLAN IS ESTIMATED TO BE 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THIS WILL START FOR THE REBATE AND ENGINEERING OF A HYDROGEN TANK PLANT. HYDROGEN — HYDROGEN FACILITY. IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS FOR THE SYSTEM TO BE IN A POSITIVE CASH FLOW POSITION. HOWEVER, IF YOU ACCELERATE, IF YOU WERE TO — TO ENTERTAIN THIS IDEA, THE ACCELERATION OF THIS PLAN UPON COMPLETION WOULD CHANGE THE POSITION TO TWO TO FOUR YEARS IN A POSITIVE CASH FLOW POSITION. PHASE 1 IS THE REBATE AND ENGINEERING, [INAUDIBLE] REBATE PROGRAM, HOMEOWNERS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE THE INCENTIVE — TO HAVE THE INCENTIVE TO TAKE PART IN RESTARTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. THE LONG-TERM EFFECT WOULD LOWER THE ENERGIES — WOULD LOWER AUSTIN'S ENERGY DEPENDENCY ON FUEL NEEDED TO RUN THESE GENERATORS. IT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THE PURCHASING AND THE — THE PURCHASING AND TRANSMISSION OF EXTRA KILO WATTAGE COSTS DURING THE TIMES WHEN ENERGY DEMAND ARE AT THEIR PEAK. PHASE 2 IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HYDROGEN PLANT WHICH — WHICH WHEN THIS PHASE IS COMPLETED WILL PROVIDE UNTOLD SAVINGS. IT WILL CUT FUEL — IT WILL CUT FUEL PURCHASING COSTS DOWN TO A MINIMUM. THIS — THE BYPRODUCT, WHICH IS OXYGEN, CAN BE SOLD TO GENERATE PROFITS WHICH CAN BE USED TO MEET THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S BUDGET GOALS IN THE FUTURE. WITH THE SAVINGS OF CITY — WITH THE SAVES THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN OFFER ATTRACTIVE SERVICE PRICES WHICH WOULD LURE COMPANIES TO OUR AREA AND WOULD GIVE INCENTIVE TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO REMAIN IN OUR AREA. AND THE FINAL PHASE, THIRD PHASE IS THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT [BUZZER SOUNDING].

COULD I GET SOME MORE TIME?

MAYOR GARCIA: SURE. 15 SECONDS. THEN YOU NEED TO CLOSE.

WELL, IN CLOSING, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN REALIZING THESE CONCEPTS THAT WE BECOME LEADERS IN OUR EVER-CHANGING ECONOMY AND THAT WE BECOME PIONEERS IN SAVING OUR ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO DIESEL FUEL. DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF — OF THE INDUSTRY AS IT REGARDS, WHEN WE CAN START USING CLEANER DIESEL LIKE THEY DO IN EUROPE?

NO, SIR, I'M NOT — NO, SIR, I'M NOT —

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THAT.

MAYOR GARCIA: IF YOU COULD SEND SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS THAT YOU REFERRED TO IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU COULD SEND THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. YOU QUOTED SOME FIGURES THAT I THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL OF US.

SURE, I WILL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU. MR. RICHARD TROXELL, FOLLOWING MR. TROXELL IS PATRICIA VALLS-TRELLES.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ABOUT TO MAKE A DECISION TO FUND THE NEW HOMELESS RESOURCE CENTER. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT EMERGENCY STOP-GAP MEASURE. IT'S CRITICAL. WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN, WE MUST ADDRESS THAT. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO END HOMELESSNESS. I CHANGE HATS, I'M NOW THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE UNIVERSAL LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGN. ONE YEAR AGO THIS MONTH, WE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN NATION-WIDE TO FIX THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE WHO WORKS A 40 HOUR WEEK WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO PUT A BASIC RENTAL ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD. THE — BE ABLE TO AFFORD BASIC RENTAL ACCESS ANYWHERE IN THIS — IN THIS COUNTRY. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE IN AUSTIN, BOSTON OR L.A. IF YOU WORK 40 HOURS, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD. THERE ARE 11.8 MILLION MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE ARE 1 MILLION MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS IN TEXAS. THERE ARE 3.2 MILLION HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 42% OF THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY ARE WORKING. THE WORK ETHIC IS THERE. WHAT WE MUST DO IS ENSURE THAT BUSINESS BECOME AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNER. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SAY, WE WON'T OPPOSE SOMETHING. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY WE WANT TO END HOMELESSNESS. WE MUST PAY OUR BASIC MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS A BASIC MINIMUM WAGE. WE HAVE DEVISED A SINGLE NATIONAL FORMULA THAT IS INDEXED TO THE LOCAL COST OF HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS MONDAY IS TAX DAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE LOCAL POST OFFICE AND WE ARE GOING TO RAISE OUR BANNERS AND FLY OUR SIGNS AND WE ARE GOING TO SAY, A BUSINESS PAID A FAIR LIVING WAGE, THEN WE CAN REDUCE THE TAX SUBSIDY THAT WE CURRENTLY PAY FOR FOOD STAMPS. FOR CHILDREN'S BREAKFASTS. FOR SUBSIDIZED LUNCHES IN OUR SCHOOLS. IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL PARTICIPATE AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE URGE YOU TO TAKE A SECOND, LOG ON, WWW.UNIVERSALLIVINGWAGE.ORG, SIGN THE PETITION, ENCOURAGE YOUR GROUP TO DO THIS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT IN EVERY STATE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE 369 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN THIS ISSUE TO THEIR LOCAL WORDS. IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE 15 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ENDORSED THIS CONCEPT. [BUZZER SOUNDING]. WE URGE YOU TO STOP SUSTAINING HOMELESSNESS AND BEGIN THE CONCRETE STEPS TO END IT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. TROXELL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. PATRICIA VALLS-TRELLES AND FOLLOWING MS. VALLS-TRELLES, ROLANDO PINA. MS. VALLS-TRELLES? MR. PINA? FOLLOWING MR. PINA IS MARY ROBINSON. WELCOME, SIR.

HELLO, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER TOBY FUTRELL. I'M HERE AS — AS PRECINCT CHAIR, PRECINCT 409, AND ACTUALLY I AM ELECTION JUDGE DURING THE ELECTIONS THIS LAST TIME FOR PRECINCT 442 AT MOLLY DAWSON AND ALSO FOR 409 AT GALINDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GALINDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THERE. THEY ARE REROOFING THE SCHOOL, DOING MULTIPLE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION. AROUND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE HAVE CHAIN LINK FENCES, 18-WHEELERS, IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE. IT'S A DISASTER AREA. IT IS ALSO OUR VOTING BOX. WE ARE REQUESTING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT TO MOVE ALL COUNTY ELECTIONS AND HAVE SUBMITTED 21 SIGNATURES WITH COMMENTS TO — TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARGARET GOMEZ WHO IN TURN DIRECTED OUR ELECTIONS DIVISION, DANA DEBEAUVOIR, TO MOVE ALL COUNTY ELECTIONS OVER TO OUR NEIGHBORING PRECINCT, 442. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ADVISED US THAT WE HAVE TO LOBBY CITY SEPARATELY. AISD SEPARATELY. AND A.C.C. SEPARATELY. SO — SO BECAUSE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS IS NOT WITH US AT THE MOMENT, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD COME HERE AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW AT ONCE AND ASK TO REQUEST THE MAYOR AND AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT OUR CITY MANAGER, TOBY FUTRELL, TO ALLOW THE ELECTIONS DIVISION AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO MOVE ALL — ALL FUTURE CITY ELECTIONS FROM GALINDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PRECINCT 409, AND COMBINE THEM WITH THE NEIGHBORING PRECINCT 442 AT MOLLY DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNTIL ALL CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED AT GALINDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO FAR THEY ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. PINA, MS. BROWN YOU MAY MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND TALK TO MS. DANA DEBEAUVOIR ABOUT IT, SEE HOW WE CAN ARRANGE THAT, AT LEAST DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. IF WE NEED COUNCIL ACTION ON THAT, LET US KNOW. MS. MARY ROBINSON. MARY ROBINSON? MS. JENNIFER GALE. MS. JENNIFER GALE. BETTY J. EDMOND. I KNOW THAT I SAW BETTY HERE. SO — WELCOME, MS. EDMOND.

GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF YOU, TOBY, CONGRATULATIONS. I'M SURE YOU WILL BE AN ASSET, YOU ARE SOMEWHAT PRETTIER THAN JESUS. [ LAUGHTER ]. BUT ... WHEN I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEAK ON PROFOUND TOPICS, BUT I HAVE DECIDED AFTER HALF A WEEK WITH MY GRANDSON OF WHINING, THIS IS GOING TO BE MY WHINING DAY. SO I'M GOING TO WHINE. I KNOW ACCORDING TO A LOCAL SONG THERE'S A $5 FINE FOR WHINING, SO YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FINE ME. BUT — TUESDAY NIGHT THE ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION, WE HAD NO MICROPHONES, WE HAD NO VIDEO, WE HAD NOTHING. WE HAD, THANK GOD, GREG GUERNSEY COME UP WITH A LITTLE PORTABLE PACK FOR THE CHAIR TO SPEAK INTO. ACTUALLY IT WAS LIKE PASSED AROUND. I KNOW THAT WE ARE BROKE OR YOU ALWAYS SAY WE ARE BROKE, BUT SURELY WE CAN AFFORD SOME MICROPHONES FOR THE ZONING AND PLATTING WHICH IS TRULY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, I AM ONE OF THOSE WEIRD PEOPLE, I LIKE TO GO TO THE HISTORY CENTER, I LIKE TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED ON A ZONING CASE. LUCKILY IT WAS A SHORT MEETING. BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. WE ALL HAD TO SIT CLOSE TOGETHER, SO IT BROUGHT US TOGETHER MORE A LITTLE BIT. ANOTHER WHINE THAT I HAVE IS WE HAD THIS WONDERFUL, BIG BULK PICKUP. I LOVE BIG BULK PICKUP, I LOVE IT, YOU KNOW. I MEAN, I HAVE A PICKUP TRUCK, I JOINED A BRIGADE, WE ALL GO UP AND DOWN THE STREETS AND PICK UP STUFF. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE HAD IT LAST WEEK, WE STILL HAVE STUFF SITTING ON THE SIDEWALKS NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ABANDONED CARS THAT'S IN FRONT OF ONE OF THEM ON [INAUDIBLE] LANE, BUT ANYWAY WE HAVE AN ORANGE CHAIR SITTING OUT THERE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO ARE WE GOING TO GET THOSE PICKED UP OR ARE THEY GOING TO SIT OUT THERE UNTIL NEXT BIG PICKUP? WHICH I GUESS IS IN SEPTEMBER. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY WHINE. I COULD WHINE A LOT MORE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SO. SO I WILL LET YOU HAVE A FREE DAY. SO — THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT WE DO NEED THE STUFF PICKED UP.

FUTRELL: BETTY, I CAN'T RESIST, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK ANSWER ON BOTH. SOMEONE IS DOING SOME EXTRAORDINARY COST CUTTING MEASURES IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE MICROPHONES AT YOUR ZAP MEETING, WE WILL LOOK INTO WHAT HAPPENED THERE, MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M GOING TO ASK SHERRI FROM MY OFFICE TO FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON THE ADDRESS OF THE BRUSH AND BULKY PICKUP THAT'S STILL OUT ON THE CURB, THANKS. REV.

MAYOR GARCIA: I PREVIOUSLY CALLED JENNIFER GALE ON CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM AND WELCOME MS. JENNIFER GALE.

THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR ME, MAYOR. NEW CITY MANAGER, TOBY FUTRELL, MAYOR GARCIA, COUNCILMEMBERS. AND HE ATTORNEY SAID DOOR I CAN'T JEFFERSON. I'M A CAN GATE TO PLACE ONE CITY COUNCIL FOR DARYL SLUSHER, KIRK MITCHELL, A COUPLE OF OTHER GENTLEMEN, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFFHAND. CHARLES — DETAIL REMEMBER COLTON SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH SENT TERRI THAT FLATTERY — I'M SORRY, IMITATION IS THE MOST SINCERE FORM OF FLATTERY. AND AT THE TOP OF THE — OF THE — OF THE KIRK MITCHELL'S FULL PAGE AD IN THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE TODAY, HE PUT MY CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, WHICH I HAVE GIVEN BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ON RADIO. WHICH IS LET'S KEEP AUSTIN AUSTIN, AUSTIN AS AN ADJECTIVE, NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING A COMMA OR A MARK. I WOULDN'T DO IT THE WAY HE SUGGESTED BECAUSE I THINK NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE TO HAVE FAR MORE POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER HOW THEY ARE RUN. ALSO I WENT BEFORE THE — BEFORE THE AUSTIN SCHOOL BOARD LAST WEEK TO TRY TO RUN FOR AUSTIN SCHOOL POSITION AT LARGE POSITION 8. AND THEY USED LAW [INAUDIBLE] AS A REASON WHY THEY DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO RUN AND CANCEL THE ELECTION. WHICH ONLY SAYS THAT IF YOU DON SEE A PERSON'S NAME ON THE BALLOT AND YOU WANT TO WRITE THEIR NAME IN THAT YOU MAY DO SO. THE LAWYER LOOKING LIKE HE WAS MAKING IT UP OUT OF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, CONVINCED OLGA, A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND SECOND THE MOTION TO CANCEL THOSE ELECTIONS. THEY HAVE NO — THERE ARE NO LAWS THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. THAT — THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT ME FROM BEING A CANDIDATE AS A WRITE-IN FOR THE AUSTIN SCHOOL BOARD. SO I WANT YOU TO CONTINUE ON YOUR QUEST TO IMPROVE THE AUSTIN SCHOOL BOARD. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M ALSO ASKING PEOPLE TO — TO VOTE AGAINST ALL THE PROPOSITIONS. ON ALL, EXCEPT THE ONE THAT GIVES PROPER AUTHORITY TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. THE OTHER ONES DIMINISH THE AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN. I WANT THEM TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEIR DISTRICT. THE CURRENT SUGGESTION IS 90,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT MANY PEOPLE. MY NAME IS JENNIFER GALE, TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY, I WANT EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND CELEBRATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR GARCIA.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. GALE, IS MS. PATRICIA VALLS-TRELLES HERE? HAS SHE ARRIVED? WE DETAILED HER NAME PREVIOUSLY BUT SHE WAS NOT HERE. AND — AND MARY ROBINSON? IS MARY ROBINSON HERE? COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL OF THE — ALL OF THE CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS GENERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE — CITIZENS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, WE WILL NOW GO TO THE TIME CERTAIN AT 2:00, WHICH IS REQUIRES THAT I RECESS THIS MEETING, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

GRIFFITH: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH, I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THIS MEETING IS RECESSED, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE 2:00 P.M. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. WE HAVE ON PAGE 4 OF THE AGENDA, AND 5, SIX ITEMS, MR. PAUL HILGERS IS HERE TO — TO BEGIN THE MEETING, SO THIS MEETING BEING CALLED TO ORDER.

MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE SIX ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, ITEM NO. 1 FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

MAYOR GARCIA: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS? IF NOT THE MAYOR PRO TEM MOVES, IS THERE A SECOND?

GRIFFITH: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: THE VICE-PRESIDENT, SORRY, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GRIFFITH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, OPPOSED NO, MOTION CARRIES.

AS YOU SEE, ITEMS 2 AND 3 ARE ESSENTIALLY CLEANUP ITEMS ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, APPOINTING JOE CANALES TO POSITIONS REPLACING BETTY DUNKERLY AND APPOINTING SOME OTHER — APPOINTING ME TO — TO THE ARBORS OF CREEKSIDE IN ITEM NO. 3 AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS WITH THAT, —

MAYOR GARCIA: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON AHF2 AND 3.

MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER OR I MEAN VICE-PRESIDENT GOODMAN, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER WYNN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU. AHFC ITEM NO. 4 IS APPROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH HUFFMAN HOMES IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION GUARANTEE OF A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN WELLS FARGO BANK OF TEXAS AND HUFFMAN HOMES. THE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN NOT TO EXCEED 1 MILLION IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR 56 UNITS, SMART HOUSING COMPLIANT, MIXED INCOME HOUSING SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 183 AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, KNOWN AS HERITAGE VILLAGE. THIS ITEM IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITEM NO. 5, WHICH IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH WELLS FARGO BANK TO GUARANTEE A LOAN FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1 MILLION FROM WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS TO HUFFMAN HOMES. THE PURPOSE OF THE LOAN IS TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SMART HOUSING COMPLIANT, 56 LOT SINGLE FAMILY UNIT SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 183 AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, KNOWN AS HERITAGE VILLAGE. VERY BRIEFLY, THESE ARE TWO ACTIONS THAT TAKE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION INTO AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT FOR SOME TIME. WE HAVE FOUND A BUILDER OF — OF A GREAT REPUTATION HERE IN RICHARD HUFFMAN WHO HAS WORKED WITH — WITH WELL FARGO AND IS USING SPECIALLY THE NAME AND THE EXPERTISE FOUND IN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND NOT THE MONEY OF THE CITY OR THE FINANCE CORPORATION, BUT THE MONEY FROM WELLS FARGO TO MAKE THIS HOUSING OPPORTUNITY A POSSIBILITY. THIS HOUSING, THIS SUBDIVISION IS WILL BE 56 UNITS, AT LEAST 40% WHICH WILL BE AFFORDABLE, NONE OF WHICH WILL BE SERVING FAMILIES MORE THAN 115% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT ON THE PART OF THE LENDING INSTITUTIONS ON A SPECIFIC HOUSING PROJECT HERE IN AUSTIN. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT RICHARD HAS WORKED WITH NON-PROFITS, THE IN OTHER WORDS YOUTH WORKS AND AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND WILL WORK WITH OTHER BUILDERS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND LOTS FOR BUILDING THROUGH THOSE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE ALSO CHODOS THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR AHFC EFFORTS. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROSPECT. IT'S IN AN AREA THAT WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS SORT OF WHERE IT IS. IT IS ON THE ROAD EAST OF ED BLUESTEIN, JUST NORTH OF MLK OR 969 AT THAT POINT. IN AN AREA, AS I SAID EAST OF ED BLUESTEIN IN A BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, WE BELIEVE, SUBDIVISIONS. IF THERE ARE NOT ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT, I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER —

MAYOR GARCIA: I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, MR. HILGERS. HOW CLOSE IS THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MEADOWS OF TRINITY CROSSING?

WELL, IT'S — IT'S ON THIS SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WHEREAS THE MEADOWS OF TRINITY CROSSING ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S RELATIVELY CLOSE, NOT ADJACENT, I DON'T BELIEVE, BECAUSE THERE'S WALLER CREEK IN BETWEEN — WALNUT CREEK IN BETWEEN THE DIVISIONS, BUT IT'S THAT DIRECTION.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. HOW FAR IS IT FROM — FROM 183 AND AS FAR AS BUSINESS? IT'S NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY —

NO, SIR, THERE ARE OTHER HOUSES IN BETWEEN WHERE THIS ONE WILL BE BUILT AND 183. AN ENTIRE SUBDIVISION THAT'S ALREADY THERE EXISTING.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY.

GOODMAN: I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THE ITEMS ARE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION. WHILE I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THAT UP THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A LOOK AT THE CONTRACT BEFORE WE SIGN ON. IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO?

OF COURSE IT IS. THE — WE COULD BRING THAT BACK FOR YOU, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION NEXT WEEK, IF THAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE.

GOODMAN: IF THAT DOESN'T HOLD ANYTHING UP, I WOULD PREFER IT. IF IT HOLDS THINGS UP, THEN I WOULD STILL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO READ THE — THE FINAL DRAFT BEFORE WE SIGN IT.

OKAY.

I BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE IT BACK IN TIME FOR YOU TO REVIEW IT, IF NOT WE WILL HAVE IT NEXT WEEK. THEY ARE BEING DRAFTED AS WE SPEAK.

SO DO YOU WANT TO DO IT JUST — JUST NEGOTIATION AT THIS TIME? MOTION WOULD BE TO — TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND DELETE AND EXECUTION, THEN BRING IT BACK, WE WILL DO THE EXECUTION?

GOODMAN: THAT'S BEFORE — THAT'S FOR 4 AND 5.

MAYOR GARCIA: I SUPPOSE THAT'S A SECOND.

GRIFFITH: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GRIFFITH. DISCUSSION?

THOMAS: YES, DIRECTOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: BOARD MEMBER THOMAS?

THOMAS: PAUL, WILL YOU —

YES, SIR.

THOMAS: ON THE 56 UNITS THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD.

YES, SIR.

THOMAS: IS HUFFMAN GOING TO BUILD ALL 56.

NO, SIR. HE WILL OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT. HE IS COORDINATING THE BUILDERS WHO WILL BE MAKING A NUMBER OF LOTS AVAILABLE TO DIFFERENT BUILDERS. HE WILL BE ONE OF THE BUILDERS.

THOMAS: WHAT ABOUT YOUTH WORKS?

YES, SIR, AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS WILL BE ONE OF THE BUILDERS AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL ALSO BE ONE OF THE BUILDERS, IT'S STILL A QUESTION AS TO EXACTLY HOW MANY HOUSES THEY WOULD BUILD IN THAT — DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY OTHER BUILDERS COME TO THE TABLE TO — TO SEEK PARTICIPATION IN THIS. THERE'S — MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT — THAT THEY COULD HAVE AS MANY AS 10, THEY COULD HAVE AS FEW AS 4 TO 5. IN EACH — IN EACH CASE.

OKAY. OTHER — THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, ARE THEY AWARE OF WHO IS COMING?

YES, SIR, THEY'VE A COMMUNITY MEETING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW. JUST SO YOU WILL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AS YOU KNOW.

IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS BEING REQUIRED AS A PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THAN ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN THE ADDITIONAL HABITAT HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE THIS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION.

OKAY.

THOMAS: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

YES, SIR.

MAYOR GARCIA: FURTHER DISCUSSION IN. THIS IS ON ITEMS 4 AND 5, A MOTION BY VICE-PRESIDENT GOODMAN AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GRIFFITH. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, AHFC-6 APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF AHFC REFUNDING MULTI-FAMILY NON-RECOURSE BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF — THIS IS A CORRECTED AMOUNT, 9,630,000, AND THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION TO REFINANCE THE BONDS ISSUED IN 1985 ON THE RIVERCHASE APARTMENTS, OWNED AND OPERATED BY RIVERCHASE ASSOCIATES, LIMITED.

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS — OF THIS — THESE BONDS? MR. GONZALEZ TELLS ME IT WAS 8.6%.

MAYOR GARCIA: 8.6 AND NOW TO 9.6 AFTER 15 YEARS.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE NOW GETTING THE PROJECT INSURED BY FHA, SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE — IN GETTING THE BONDS RATED WHEREAS BEFORE THEY WERE UNRATED —

MAYOR GARCIA: THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS IF THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE BONDS WAS 8.6, WHY IS IT THAT 15 YEARS LATER WE ARE REFINANCING 9.6?

I WAS TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO SAY THAT IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING THE COST OF GETTING THE BONDS INSURED AND GETTING THE — GETTING THE BONDS RATED. THAT WAS WHY.

SO THEY DIDN'T PAY ANYTHING DURING THIS 15 YEAR PERIOD, NO PRINCIPAL REPAYMENTS.

NO, THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING INTEREST.

THIS WAS ADVERTISED OVER 40 YEARS, IT'S A 40 YEAR LOAN.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

GOODMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY VICE-PRESIDENT GOODMAN. IS THERE A SECOND?

GRIFFITH: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GRIFFITH. A DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THAT MOTION IT'S MADE BY BOARD MEMBER GRIFFITH, SECONDED BY VICE-PRESIDENT GOODMAN, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. NOW CALL BACK TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. TO GO NOW TO ITEM NO. 49. YEAH, THAT ITEM IS A TIME CERTAIN FOR — FOR 2:15, IT IS 2:19, RIGHT ON TIME. NEVER BEEN THIS CLOSE ON ANY TIME CERTAIN, WE ARE BREAKING NEW GROUND. OKAY.

I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT — AS QUICKLY GOING AS WE CAN. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ACTING CITY MANAGER, MY NAME IS SUE EDWARDS, DIRECTOR FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE BEFORE MY PRESENTATION TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE GROUP FROM CATELLUS WHO HAS COME TODAY FOR THIS PRESENTATION, NELSON RYDING, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HEADQUARTERED IN SAN FRANCISCO, NELSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND. NELSON HOLDS SOME OTHER TITLE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE REAL ESTATE ROUND TABLE IN WASHINGTON D.C., AND HE IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO. ONE THING THAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU IS WHEN I CALLED NELSON TO TELL HIM THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING CATELLUS, I TOLD HIM THE DATE OF THE COUNCILMEMBER, HE SAID, OH, I HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE THAT DAY. BUT IT TOOK HIM LESS THAN HALF A SECOND TO SAY, BUT I WILL FIND SOMEONE TO BE THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ON THAT DAY. AND I THINK THAT'S INDICATIVE — I THINK IT'S INDICATIVE OF THEM IN THIS PROJECT, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU. THE SECOND PERSON IS TED [INAUDIBLE], PRESIDENT OF CATELLUS COMMERCIAL GROUP, FROM THE LAKEWOOD COLORADO OFFICE. JONATHAN LEVY, VICE-PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE. STEVE BRYAN, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT, CATELLUS COMMERCIAL GROUP, DALLAS OFFICE. ERIC HARRISON, SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT, CATELLUS URBAN GROUP. SAN FRANCISCO. AND MOLLY MAYBURN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, CATELLUS COMMERCIAL GROUP, OAKLAND. I THINK WITH THEM TODAY ARE PETE WINSTEAD AND BILL RENFRO. THIS GROUP ARE THE GROUP, PLUS I THINK A FEW MORE, THAT CAME TO THE INTERVIEWS AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THEM. WHEN THEY WERE HERE PREVIOUSLY. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS A MASTER DEVELOP AND THE CITY'S PARTNER FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AND TO REQUEST AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT WITH CATELLUS TO BEGIN CRAFTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I AM BE GIVING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LAST FIVE AND ONE-HALF YEARS AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS WE USED TO SELECT THE RECOMMENDED DEVELOPER. SUE BRUBAKER, PURCHASING DIRECTOR, WILL REVIEW THE EVALUATION MATRIX AND VICKI SCHUBERT, ACTING DIRECTOR FOR FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WILL DISCUSS THE DEVELOPER FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS. THE CITY'S TWO CONSULTANTS FOR THE PROJECT, JIM ADAMS WITH THE ROMA DESIGN GROUP AND JIM MUSBACH WITH ECONOMIC PLANNING SYSTEMS ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF THEM. GETTING TO THIS POINT HAS TAKEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS OF COMMITMENT BY ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS. THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, THE ROMA ADVISORY GROUP, THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, THE RMMA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION, THE CITY STAFF, MANY, MANY INTERESTED CITIZENS AND NUMEROUS CONSULTANTS. THE PROCESS ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 1966 WHEN THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT USED — ISSUED AN R.F.P. TO DEVELOP A MASTER PLAN FOR THE RMMA AIRPORT SITE. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE COUNCIL AWARDED THE MASTER PLANNING CONTRACT TO THE ROMA DESIGN GROUP. ROMA AND THE CITY BEGAN A SERIES OF OVER 400 MEETINGS TO DISCUSS ISSUES, LISTEN TO CONCERNS, AND ADDRESS IDEAS. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ADVISORY GROUP, THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION AND A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS, THE REDEVELOPMENT REUSE PLAN WAS COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF 2000. THE PLAN, AS YOU ARE AWARE, ENVISIONS A TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT WITH A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED MIXED USE COMMUNITY ON APPROXIMATELY 709 ACRES THAT WILL INCLUDE COMMERCIAL, OFFICE AND RETAIL SPACE. AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE ROMA DESIGN GROUP AND CITY STAFF WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE RMMA IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION PREPARED THE R.F.Q. FOR A MASTER DEVELOPMENT SOLICITATION PROCESS. THE CITY ISSUED THE R.F.Q. IN APRIL OF 2000 AND SIX TEAMS RESPONDED. A 19-MEMBER EVALUATION TEAM, WHICH INCLUDED CITY STAFF AND OUTSIDE PLANNING AND FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS REVIEWED THE COMMISSION — I'M SORRY, REVIEWED THE SUBMISSION AND SHORT LISTED THREE DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE TO PHASE 2. THE THESE TEAMS ELECTED, LENNAR PARTNERS AUSTIN, CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE MUELLER REDEVELOPMENT TEAM, HAD FOUR MONTHS IN WHICH TO PREPARE THE RESPONSES. THE CITY RECEIVED PLANS FOR MUELLER AND CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. TWO MEMBERS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION WERE INVITED TO JOIN THE EVALUATION TEAM TO BEGIN STUDYING THE SUBMITTED PLANS. THE EVALUATION TEAM SPENT THREE WEEKS INDIVIDUALLY REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS, PARTICIPATED IN ONE FULL DAY OF TEAM DISCUSSIONS, ATTENDED THE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS GIVEN BY THE DEVELOPERS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, AND CONDUCTED A FOUR-HOUR INTERVIEW WITH EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS. THE THREE MAJOR AREA ON WHICH THE DEVELOPERS WERE EVALUATED WITH PROJECT CONCEPT AND STRATEGIC, THE FINANCIAL PROPOSALS AND THE MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS. IT BECAME EVIDENT EARLY ON THAT BOTH TEAMS BUILT QUALITY PROJECTS. MANY OUTSTANDING FEATURES AND UNIQUE DESIGNS WERE INCLUDED. WE THEN FOCUSED ON THE STRENGTHS OF EACH TEAM AS A EMOTIONAL MASTER DEVELOPER, CONSISTENTLY IN BOTH THE PLANNED DOCUMENT AND THE INTERVIEW CATELLUS DISPLAYED A STRONG IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT CAME TO DESCRIBING THE POSSIBLE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, THE PHASING SEQUENCE AND THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. ALL KEY REQUIREMENTS OF A MASTER DEVELOPER.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE THEN WENT INTO THE BUSINESS PLAN EVALUATION PROCESS. AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE USED IN — WE WILL LIST JUST SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT CRITERIA INCLUDING THE PROJECT CONCEPT AND STRATEGY. THE FINANCIAL PROPOSAL, AND THE MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL. UNDER THE PROJECT CONCEPT AND STRATEGY, WE WERE VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN — IN THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE QUALITY OF THE DESIGN. THEIR ALTERNATIVES OR IDEAS, WHAT WAS THE QUALITY LIKE. AND THEN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE CITY'S GOALS. IN THE FINANCIAL PROPOSALS, WE WERE INTERESTED IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROACH. HOW WERE THEY GOING TO APPROACH THIS. HOW WERE THEY GOING TO PHASE IT, HOW WERE THEY GOING TO BRING IT IN. THEIR FUNDING STRATEGY. WHAT WERE SOME WAYS TO FUND THIS? THE FINANCIAL PRO FORMA, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR EACH PHASING THAT THEY WERE DOING. THEN WE LOOKED AT THE EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO EAST AUSTIN. OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG COMPONENT WAS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, THE COMMITMENT OF THE KEY STAFF, THE RESUMES, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, WHO WOULD BE HERE. THE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE OF THE TEAM AND THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE TEAM. AND THEN THE — THE INDICATION AND THE — THE DEMONSTRATION OF THEIR ABILITY TO INTERACT WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO COMMUNITY INTERACTION WAS IMPORTANT.

AFTER WRITING THE DEVELOPER, THE CITY STAFF AS PART OF ITS DUE DILIGENCE MADE SITE VISITS TO A SAMPLING OF EACH DEVELOPER. WE VISITED SITES IN AUSTIN, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, DENVER, COLORADO AND SAN FRANCISCO, ALAMEDA AND FREMONT, CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION WE INTERVIEWED PROJECT MANAGERS, PLANNING DIRECTORS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS, ATTORNEYS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS. SO AFTER ALL OF THIS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT CATELLUS THAT CONVINCES US THAT THEY ARE THE BEST MASTER DEVELOPER? CATELLUS IS A PUBLICLY OWNED NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WITH A PORTFOLIO OF REAL ESTATE ASSETS VALUED AT OVER $3 BILLION. CATELLUS BRINGS TO THE PROJECT NOT ONLY THEIR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO THEIR EXPERIENCE AS A MASTER DEVELOPER WITH SKILLS THAT INCLUDE THE COORDINATION OF A VARIETY OF DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS WITHIN A SINGLE PROJECT. A FEW OF THEIR CURRENT PROJECTS INCLUDE MISSION BAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, AN URBAN MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL SPACE, A HOTEL, A NEW UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BIO SCIENCES CAMPUS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. PACIFIC COMMONS, AN 840 PLANNED BUSINESS PARK IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA INCLUDING OFFICE, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE AS WELL AS HOTEL. A 215 ACRE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, PART OF THE NAVAL STATION CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA AND STAPLE TON BUSINESS CENTER AT THE FORMER STAPLE TON AIRPORT IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE CATELLUS IS INVOLVED IN DEMOLISHING RUNWAYS AND ESTABLISHING THE BACK BROKEN IF YOU ARE TO SUPPORT 4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT. CATELLUS' PLAN FOR THE RMMA DEVELOPMENT CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IT SHOULD BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPING RMMA WITH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGHOUT THE LONG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THEY PROPOSE MEETINGS WITH THE RMMA IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, ON AN ONGOING BASIS. AND THEY INTEND CONDUCTING TOWN HALL MEETINGS, FOCUS GROUPS AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE PARCEL WITHIN EACH PHASE, INCLUDING THEIR ACCOMPANYING AMENITIES WHICH WE THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SO THAT THROUGHOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN PLACE TO MAKE A COMMUNITY, BEGINNING IN A SMALLER SCALE AND INCREASING TO THE ULTIMATELY LARGER BUILDOUT. THE CATELLUS PLAN RECOGNIZES THAT TRAFFIC IS AN ONGOING ISSUE IN AUSTIN. AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS PROJECT CREATES MORE TRAFFIC, CATELLUS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH A PROPOSAL FOR A MULTI MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN. INCORPORATING THREE GOALS. MOBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, IMPLEMENTATION. THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR POSSIBLE TASK INCLUDES INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS PROVIDE REAL TIME IMPROVEMENTS TO SIGNAL SING NATION. AUSTIN, AS YOU ARE AWARE, HAS JUST RECENTLY INSTALLED A LIGHT SYSTEM. [ONE MOMENT PLEASE FOR CHANGE IN CAPTIONERS]

THEY TELL US THAT THE GOAL OF THIS PLAN IS TO HAVE 20% OF DRIVERS OUT OF THEIR CARS AND USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND BICYCLES.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL COMPONENTS OF THIS. FIRST WE LOOK AT THE CATELLUS' STRENGTH AND COMMITMENT. THEY ARE AN EXTREMELY STRONG FINANCIAL COMPANY. THEY HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF REAL ESTATE ASSETS WORTH OVER THREE BILLION DOLLARS. IN ADDITION THEY HAVE CASH ON HAND OF APPROXIMATELY 225 MILLION, WHICH GIVES THEM A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN FUNDING INITIAL PHASES OF THE PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO OUTSIDE INVESTORS. IN 2001 THEY HAD ABOUT 96 MILLION IN THE CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS OF OVER 350 MILLION. FINALLY ONE OF THE LAST INDICATORS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THEIR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE WAS OVER 12.74. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, OUR ELECTRIC AND WATER UTILITIES WE USUALLY HOVER AROUND ONE AND A HALF — 1.5, SO THAT'S A VERY STRONG INDICATOR. CATELLUS' PROPOSAL SUPPORTS THE CITY'S BUSINESS OBJECTIVES. THERE WERE TWO OF THEM. ONE WAS THE MAXIMIZED LAND PRICE TO THE CITY AND THE OTHER ONE WAS RISK. THEY WOULD PURCHASE LAND FROM THE CITY OVER TIME AND ALLOW THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VALUE THE PROJECT CREATES — THE PROJECT ITSELF CREATES OVER TIME AND NOT MAXIMIZING A PROFIT ON IT. IN TERMS OF MINIMIZING RISK, THEY'RE ABLE TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY AND PROVIDE GUARANTEES FOR SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, WHICH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT. AND TO PROVIDE GUARANTEES FOR SOME POSSIBLE CITY DEBT ISSUANCES RELATED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MUELLER. FINALLY I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE CITY. IN THIS PROJECT, IN THIS PROPOSAL THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER WILL WORK AS PARTNERS TO SHARE IN THE VALUE CREATED BY THE PROJECT. OVER TIME THE CITY IS GOING TO RECEIVE FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE LAND PURCHASED AND WE WILL RECEIVE THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE INCREASES TO OUR TAX BASE AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME INVESTMENTS IN THE PROJECT. I THINK WE'VE KNOWN THIS ALL ALONG, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION IT AGAIN NOW. WE WILL BE AGAIN PARTNERS WITH THE DEVELOPER, SHARING COSTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT COULD BE DONE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. ONE POSSIBLE WAY IS MAKING DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS, EQUITY TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF OR ALLOWING THE MECHANISM FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THE DEBT THAT WOULD BE REPAID BY THE TAX REVENUE GENERATED BY THE PROJECT. IN CONCLUSION OF THE FINANCIAL PART, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK THEIR STRENGTH ALLOWS THEM TO DO THE REDEVELOPMENT WITHOUT RELYING ON INVESTORS OR OUTSIDE PARTNERS AND PROVIDE ASSURANCE THAT THEY WILL BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE FOR THE TERM — IN THE LONG TIME THAT IT TAKES TO REDEVELOP THIS.

ALL RIGHT. AND IN SUMMARY, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, INTERVIEWS WITH CITY PLANNERS, REDEVELOPMENT OFFICE PROJECT MANAGERS, LEADERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CATELLUS, THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY HAVE HIGH MARKS FOR CATELLUS' PROFESSIONALISM, THEIR COOPERATION, THEIR EXPERTISE, THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, RESPONSIVENESS TO NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AND CONCERNS, THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND OVERALL CREATIVITY. THEY ALSO RECEIVED HIGH MARKS FOR THEIR PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMITMENT, THEIR STRONG COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEIR EFFORTS BEYOND GOING WHAT WAS REQUIRED IN ACHIEVING THE M.B.E., W.B.E. GOALS AND THEIR ABILITY TO HIRE TOP CONSULTANT. THEY WERE DESCRIBED AS PROFESSIONALS WHO DEAL HONESTLY, TAKE DIRECTION WELL AND ARE EAGER TO ACCOMMODATE THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED. ONE OF THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK ON OUR SITE VISIT WAS ONE REGARDING WHAT CATELLUS' ATTITUDE WAS TOWARD M.B.E./W.B.E. PARTICIPATION. THAT IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN BELIEVE IN. AND WE CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED POSITIVE RESPONSES. AND I WANTED TO SHARE A QUOTE WITH YOU BECAUSE IT WAS VERY INDICATIVE OF ALL OF THE QUOTES, ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD. IT SAYS CATELLUS HAS DONE AN EXEMPLARY JOB WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS. THEY HAVE CONSISTENTLY MET OR EXCEEDED THE PROGRAM'S PARTICIPATION GOALS AND HAVE ESTABLISHED A MEANINGFUL OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT REALLY WORKS TO BRING IN FIRMS BEYOND THOSE THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY HAVE. WE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WILLINGNESS AND PERFORMANCE IN THIS AREA. IT IS CATELLUS' INTENT, SHOULD THEY BE SELECTED, TO ESTABLISH A TEAM THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN AUSTIN, HOPING THAT IT WILL BECOME A PRIVATE OFFICE AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA. TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING US TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT WITH CATELLUS. DURING THE BEGINNING PHASE, FINANCING ISSUES, PROJECT SAVINGS, M.B.E. W.B.E. PARTICIPATION PLANS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICATIONS AND A PROCESS FOR ASSURING CITIZENS PARTICIPATION WILL BE NEGOTIATED. UPON COMPLETION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, THE CENTRAL TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO FINALIZING THE AGREEMENT FOR EXECUTION. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, HOWEVER, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU, TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE ROMA DESIGN GROUP, BOTH JIM ADAMS AND JIM MUSBACK FOR HELPING US AND HOPING THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THEY HAVE DONE OUTSTANDING WORK AND HAVE BEEN TOTALLY DEDICATED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RESIDENCE THE ADVISORY GROUP AND JIM ROBINSON AS THEIR CHAIR. THEY DID MUCH WORK IN THE VERY BEGINNING AND THEY ARE TO BE COMMENDED. THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION AND ALSO THE CURRENT RMMA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTICULARLY JIM WALKER, WHO HAS WORKED WITH US, HELPED US, SUPPORTED US, ENCOURAGED US AND HAS KEPT THIS ON TRACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. EDWARDS.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FROM CATELLUS HERE, MR. NELSON RISING. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. WELCOME, SIR.

MAYOR GARCIA, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I MUST TELL YOU IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND WE ARE FLATTERED AND HONORED THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED CATELLUS AS THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VERY EXCITING PROJECT. WE FEEL THAT AUSTIN HAS THE RARE COMBINATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND GROWTH POTENTIAL THAT HAS REALLY ATTRACTED US TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. SHE TALKED A MOMENT AGO ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL STRENGTH, AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE OUR GREATEST ASSET, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ATTRACTED TO CATELLUS. THROUGH OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR BASIC CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY, AND FOR THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO INCREASE OUR SHAREHOLDERS VALUE AND MOVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE DEVELOP BY QUALITY PLANNING, ARCHITECTURE AND PAYING ATTENTION TO COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES. AND WE THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT IN THE PAST AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HERE. WE ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE PUBLIC POLICY WHICH WE'RE GOING THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO, DENVER, CALIFORNIA. I MUST SAY YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS STAFF, THEIR HELP IN THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE TO US. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK JIM WALKER AND DONNA CARTER FOR THEIR WORK ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS WORKED SO HARD TOGETHER FOR THIS PLAN THAT INCORPORATES THE BEST THINKING OF OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS AND COMMUNITY INPUT IS ANOTHER REASON WE'RE ATTRACTED TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. IF WE'RE TO BE SELECTED, WE THANK ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS VERY MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND IT'S REALISTIC AND CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. BUT WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO THE CONCEPT OF THIS PLAN, THE CONCEPT OF CREATING SOMETHING IN AUSTIN THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. THE CONCEPT OF CREATING A PLACE, A VERY GREAT PLACE. SO FOR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT ALSO TO TELL YOU HOW ANXIOUS WE ARE TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO AGAIN IF WE ARE SELECTED TODAY TO MAKE THIS REDEVELOPMENT A REALITY.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. RISING. COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE STAFF HERE, I THINK. IS TED HERE?

YES, TED'S HERE.

MAYOR GARCIA: JOHN? STEVE BRYAN? ERIC HARRISON? AND MOLLY MAYBURN? WE KNOW SOME OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WANT TO SPEAK, BUT I'LL RECOGNIZE THEM. JIM WALKER? JIM? FOLLOWING MR. WALKER A MARY BLUMBERG AND THEN MR. GERARD KENNY AND THEN MARY MAYBURN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I WANTED TO PASS OUT THE ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY COMMISSION. THE PAST RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS, AND I WANTED TO HAND THAT OUT TO YOU. I WON'T READ IT OTHER THAN IT CREATED THE COMMISSION, DON CARTER AND I WHO WERE NON-VOTING MEMBERS. BECAUSE OF THE PROPRIETARY NATURE OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE FELT LIKE IT COULDN'T MAKE A FINAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS, BOTH PROPOSED THE AMENDMENT AND BOTH COULD DO IT, BUT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DISTINCTION FOR THAT, BUT THE WHOLE COMMISSION BELIEVES THE PROCESS MUST MOVE FORWARD, DEVELOPER NEGOTIATIONS MUST BEGIN AND THE COMMISSION LOOK FORWARD TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT. WE STILL HAVE DETAILS TO WORK OUT, THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, INVOLVING LOCAL CONSTRUCTORS, LAND STRATEGIES AND GOALS BEHIND SELLING AND GETTING THAT DONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF NEW PEOPLE HERE INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMISSION,.

MAYOR GARCIA: QUESTIONS FOR MR. WALKER? THANK YOU. I KNOW THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION FROM EARLY ON. AND IT HELPED WHEN I GOT THIS NEW JOB. MARY BLUMBERG. AND FOLLOWING HER IS GERARD KINNEY. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME REGRESS JUST A LITTLE BIT. THE SMART HOMES AND THAT AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, KEEP AWARDING CONTRACTS, BUT NOT THINKING OF THE FUTURE EVEN SINCE THIS GROUP, THIS CORPORATE GROUP, CATELLUS HERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DO SOMETHING ENERGY EFFICIENT AND THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN, WELL, I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD THINK ABOUT ADDING AND MAKING THE BUILDINGS SOLAR ELECTRIC. THERE IS AN ARTICLE. I THINK YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT. BUT I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT TO THIS GROUP HERE ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE HOME BUILDERS IN CALIFORNIA WHERE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING IT. AND THE SOLAR ELECTRIC WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE EFFICIENT AND CLEAN AND SECURITY WISE ALSO. WE WON'T BE HAVING BROWNOUTS. AND THIS IS IN THE FUTURE TOO. I KNOW THIS DEVELOPMENT STAGE TAKES TIME AND PLANNING, BUT IF WE START NOW ADDING SOME OF WHAT IT TAKES TO THESE PROJECTS AND HOMES, WE'LL BE THINKING OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FUTURE AND THE ENERGY COSTS THAT WILL KEEP SOARING WITH MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN HOMELESS SHELTER, WE SHOULD ALSO BE TRAINING THESE PEOPLE SO THEY COULD WORK WITH THE PEOPLE OUT HERE ON THIS PROJECT. IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO PUT UP SOLAR HOT WATER. I DID WHEN I BUILT A HOME. AND THAT'S CUTTING QUITE A BIT OF ENERGY COSTS. AND MOST OF THE ENERGY COSTS. BUT ADDING SOLAR TECHNOLOGY TO ALL THESE BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE THAT KEEP COMING AND WANTING TO BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, WELL, THEY ARE MORE COST EFFICIENT WITH THE SOLAR HOMES IN CALIFORNIA. SOME OF THE NATION'S LEADING PRODUCTION HOME BUILDERS ARE INCORPORATING SOLAR ELECTRIC POWER INTO THE NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION FOR A SIMPLE REASON, CONSUMERS ARE DEMANDING IT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO SHOW AUSTIN AND TEXAS WHAT WE COULD DO BY GETTING — THEY SAY THEY HAVE A — THEY SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THESE LETTERS WILL HELP AND LOOK AT THE ARTICLE. AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BECOME WISE BUILDERS.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU MS. BLUMBERG. MR. GERARD KINNEY AND FOLLOWING MR. KINNEY, MARY LEHMAN. MR. KINNEY, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M GERARD KINNEY. I'M HERE WEARING TWO HATS TODAY. I REPRESENT THE 1996 ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND GOALS TASKFORCE AND ALSO THE CHERRYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS ASKED ME TO REPRESENT THEM AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, THE — AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE TASKFORCE REPORT BACK IN 1996, AND THAT WAS A MILESTONE EVENT AND ONE THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF. THAT ACTUALLY CULMINATED ABOUT A 12-YEAR PROCESS IN ITSELF. IT WAS FAR REACHING AND I THINK IT HAS GUIDED — ESTABLISHED THE GOALS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN. THE CHERRYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD'S ASSOCIATION'S INVOLVEMENT GOES BACK MUCH FARTHER THAN THAT AND WE HAVE PASSED OUT THERE A RECOMMENDATION TO SOME OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEIR OFFICES HAVE ASKED US TO GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE'VE WRITTEN THOSE DOWN AND HAVE PASSED THOSE OUT TO YOU. WE DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO FORWARD WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD THROUGH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. WE CAN'T BE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO BE THERE AT STAFF BRIEFINGS AND ETCETERA AS THE PROCESS GOES FORWARD AND WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED FOR THE WHOLE 20 OR 25 YEARS IT WILL TAKE TO BUILD THE THING OUT AND JUST URGE YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE LONG-TERM BALL. THERE ARE PERFORMANCE GOALS, THERE ARE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND THOSE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. SO AS THE PLAN EVOLVES, KEEP THOSE IN MIND, YOU FINISH ONE PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION YOU CAN'T MEET ALL OF THE GOALS AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO, BUT THE NEXT PHASE OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ADJUST MINUTES AND DO THAT. JUST KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE LONG-TERM BALL, PLEASE. AND I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING US TO THIS POINT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. KINNEY. MARY LEHMAN? EITHER ONE.

I AGREE WITH WHAT THE PREDECESSORS HAVE SAID. I'M MARY LEHMAN AND I REPRESENT JUST MYSELF. AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE TWO THINGS I SEE GOING ON. ONE IS A FIRM COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ROMA PLAN. IT WAS NOT FOR NOTHING THAT THEY WON THE CONGRESS OF THE NEW URBANISM PRIZE. AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE A DETERMINATION TO LIVE UP TO THOSE PRINCIPLES. I ALSO HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE CITY STAFF'S CHOICE OF DEVELOPER. AND FRANKLY, I COULD TELL WHO WAS THE BEST JUST FROM THAT PRESENTATION TO THE MUELLER ADVISORY COMMISSION. I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION AND THE PEOPLE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND I'M SURE THAT THE MUELLER REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CAN TUNE IN AT A LATER STAGE WITH THEIR TALENTS. HOWEVER, I ALSO SAW A SENTENCE THAT SAID THE PURCHASING — THE DEVELOPER'S JOB IS TO PURCHASE LAND FROM TIME TO TIME. NOT SO FAST. I'M ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO PUT YOUR NAME TO A SALE OF PUBLIC LAND WHEN IT IS IRREVOCABLE? I DON'T THINK SO. AND I SEE HERE ON THIS 49TH PROPOSAL THAT ASIDE FROM THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEVELOPER, YOU INSERTED WHAT APPEAR TO BE CONDITIONS OF RECOMMENDATIONS. MONEY THAT SHALL BE SPENT FOR DEVELOPING THE — WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? THE CONTRACT. I'M SUGGESTING THAT FOR EVERY BIT OF EFFORT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO SALES OF ANY PART OF MUELLER, YOU ALSO PRODUCE A LEASE AGREEMENT SO THAT YOU DO NOT SELL PUBLIC LANDS WITHOUT KNOWING IN ADDITION WHAT THE BENEFITS OF LEASING ARE. I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. LEHMAN. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE, COUNCIL. AND AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. RISING OR OF THE STAFF. IF NONE —

GOODMAN: MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE BRIEF ONE FOR STAFF.

MAYOR GARCIA: GOOD. MS. EDWARDS?

GOODMAN: CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE FOR THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND LANGUAGE PROVISIONS? WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING, COUNCILMEMBER, IS ENTERING FIRST INTO JUST THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. THAT REALLY BASICALLY SAYS WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHOULD BE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE ACTING ON LATER. SO WE WILL LOOK AT — IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES OR ALTERNATIVES FOR FINANCING CAN BE THAT WE WOULD AGREE ON. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE LEASE AND SALE OF PROPERTIES. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW THAT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND ITS GOALS. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT M./W.B.E. PROCESS GOING THROUGH, HOW WE DO THAT CONTRACTING. WE WILL BE DEVELOPING SPECIFICALLY A PROCESS WHEREBY IT WOULD BE — IT WOULD BE A PROCESS WHEREBY THERE WILL BE CONDITIONS WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE MUELLER REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND ANY OF THE INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS CERTAIN ITEMS SHOULD RERUN INTO AN AREA WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE PLAN THAT IS IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT WOULD BE A FORMAL PROCESS. THOSE ARE ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WE WILL PUT IN WRITING AND THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR YOU TO HAVE INPUT A TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUALLY DEVELOPING AND WRITING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I'M HOPING, I GUESS, THAT —

GOODMAN: I'M HOPING THAT COUNCIL IS ABLE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WHAT PROVISIONS ARE BEING ASSESSED.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND I THINK WITH SEVERAL OF YOU WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING UP SCHEDULES, MEETINGS WITH YOU ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS TO COME BACK AND BRING TO YOU INFORMATION. THE REASON WE PUT IT ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT IN A WORK SESSION, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WILL BE PROPRIETARY IN NEGOTIATING THE LAND VALUE AND LAND SALE THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO BRING TO YOU ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS. BUT OUR INTENT IS TO SET THAT UP. IT COULD BE A ONCE A MONTH OR COULD BE ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH DEPENDING ON HOW FREQUENTLY WE NEED IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU APPRISED OF WHAT IS GOING ON. THIS IS SUCH A HUGE DEAL AND IT'S GOING ON FOR SUCH A LONG PROCESS THAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE INPUT AND THE GUIDANCE FROM ALL OF YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE THE ONE THAT GETS TO THE END OF THE PROCESS AND IT NOT BE A SUCCESSFUL ONE THAT ANY OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE.

GOODMAN: I APPRECIATE THAT. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT WE REALLY NEED SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR OUR INFORMATION, BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT Y'ALL ARE EVEN TALKING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE THE LEASES OR SALE AND HOW THE FINANCIALS WORK OUT THERE. THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE THAT MR. KINNEY JUST BROUGHT UP FOR US THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, AND THAT IS THAT WE DON'T GET TOO LOOSE WITH THIS PLAN FROM DAY ONE AND THAT WE HAVE A FAIRLY ABSOLUTE KIND OF GOVERNANCE THAT WILL GROW AND GO WITH THE BUILDOUT, HOWEVER LONG THAT IS, SO THAT IT'S NOT MERELY ADVISORY OR PERHAPS — PEOPLE FORGET THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. JIM MOS —

JIM WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THE NEGOTIATING TEAM WITH US. HE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE IN NEGOTIATING THESE SORTS OF THINGS. WE INTENT TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL. WE WILL ALSO HAVE EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA AND WE WILL USE OUR OUTSIDE FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS TOO TO LOOK AT EVERY ASPECT SO THAT WE BRING BACK TO YOU WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT THOSE ALTERNATIVES WOULD BE, LOOKING AT A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT IS THE BEST ECONOMICALLY AND WHAT IS THE BEST SOCIALLY IN THE PLAN. AND I DO THINK THAT EVEN IN TALKING WITH BOTH DEVELOPERS, WHAT THEY HAVE SAID, COUNCILMEMBER, IS THAT ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE PLAN AND THEY HAVE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL WHY THEY THINK THOSE CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THEM IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS CAST IN CONCRETE, AS I TEND TO SAY, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS NEGOTIABLE? THEY SAID IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WAS NEGOTIABLE. SO WE WILL MAKE A COMMITMENT. I HAVE ALREADY MADE THAT COMMITMENT BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF US WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THIS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME ARE COMMITTED TO THE PLAN ITSELF AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING BACK ANY CHANGES THAT COME TO THE PLAN THAT LOOK AS IF THEY WERE NOT MEETING THOSE PRINCIPLES AND THOSE GUIDELINES.

GOODMAN: MAYOR, IN THAT CONTEXT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GO TO THE VOTE THAT I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF GOING AHEAD IN OUR PROCESS AND WITH OUR PROCESS. STAFF MADE THE BEST CHOICE. BUT AGAIN IN THE LANGUAGE THE WORDS EXECUTE DOES POSSIBLY PRECLUDE THE VERY SORT OF THINGS THAT —

MAYOR GARCIA: WE'LL ASK THE CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE THERE'S A PROVISION HERE IN THAT RECOMMENDATION AND WE NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND THEN THE TERMS WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

COUNCILMEMBER, THIS IS — IT IS A TWO-FACED PROCESS. IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW US TO EXECUTE THE ENA, WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEGOTIATIONS TO COME TO BRING YOU THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THIS IS A NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE ENA ITSELF, WHICH JUST ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.

MAYOR GARCIA: I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH, COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. FIRST COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH: YES, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CONFIRM A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH MOLLY AND STEVE. IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM. THESE TWO FOLKS HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WITH US AS A COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN, THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR, THEY HAVE BEEN PATIENT. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. AND I ALSO WANT TO CONFIRM A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION THAT I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE A ROLE FOR THE AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO PLAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROBERT MUELLER, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WE WILL BE OPEN TO INCLUDING LOCAL FOLKS IN THE PROCESS?

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

GRIFFITH: AND ALSO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS CAN BE LONG-TERM LEASES OR SOME OF THE — OF SOME OF THE PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT?

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO LONG-TERM LEASING. I THINK WE SHARE THE SAME EXPECTATIONS OF THE CITY. WHATEVER THE MARKET WILL BEAR IS SOMETHING OUR EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN EASEMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE ROMA PLAN THAT DON'T WORK AS WELL AS LONG-TERM LEASES, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO DISCUSSING THE CITY'S EXPECTATIONS RELATIVE TO LEASING.

GRIFFITH: GOOD. WELL, WITH THOSE ASSURANCES, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS OF CATELLUS AS THE MASTER DEVELOPER FOR ROBERT MUELLER.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT. COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

ALVAREZ: I'LL SECOND THE MOTION AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND ALSO THE TWO FIRMS THAT DID END UP SUBMITTING FOR THIS. AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE SUBMISSION AND DISCUSSING THESE WITH STAFF, WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROPOSAL FROM CATELLUS AND SO I DO WANT TO COMMEND THEM AND THE QUALITY OF THE PROPOSAL AND THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR TRACK RECORD. AND FINALLY, I DO WANT TO SORT OF ECHO WHAT I THINK OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE VOICED ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR AGREEMENT DOES ADDRESS ISSUES ABOUT HOW THE PHASING IS GOING TO WORK WHICH WILL AFFECT ALL THE FINANCING. AND ALSO THE M./W.B.E. ISSUE, THAT LOCAL PARTICIPATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING TO BE WORKED OUT. AND FOR ME ALSO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS FOR INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT ONE THAT PARTICULARLY INTERESTS ME IS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT YOU HAVE BECAUSE I THINK BOTH PROPOSALS WHAT WE SAW WAS SOME KIND OF INDICATION THAT — OR I GUESS AS FOLKS WHO SUBMITTED THE PROPOSAL THOUGHT THERE WAS TOO MUCH COMMERCIAL — IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND THAT MAYBE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE GIVEN THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, BUT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN PLANT OR THE AGREEMENTS SO THAT IF THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE MORE FAVORABLE WE CAN GET CLOSER TO ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS THAT WERE ADVOCATED IN THE PLAN. BUT AGAIN, THIS WAS A LONG-TERM PROCESS AND CONDITIONS WILL FLUCTUATE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE. BUT REALLY I THINK THIS IS A CULMINATION OF WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THIS ON THE TAIL END HERE AND WANT TO COMMEND EVERYBODY FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. MR. RISING AND OFFICERS OF CATELLUS, THIS IS A BIG, BIG PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. IF YOU ARE BEAR WITH US, I'M GOING TO ALLOW THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT THIS TIME. I'LL START IN PLACE 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER.

SLUSHER: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO REDEVELOPMENT A TRACT THIS LARGE IN THE CITY. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S IN EAST AUSTIN AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW TODAY IN THE NEWSPAPER THEY POINTED TO THIS PROCESS THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT AS ONE WE MIGHT USE ON OTHER PLATTING EFFORTS AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD SUGGESTION. I WANTED TO THANK MR. WALKER, ROGER TAYLOR. I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE TODAY. BUT JUST A WIDE ARRAY OF FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SOME OF THEM — MOST OF THEM STRETCHING ABOUT — MR. KINNEY WHO IS HERE TODAY, MOST OF THEM STRETCH FROM BACK WHEN THIS WAS THE AIRPORT, LOCAL AIRPORT, AND LIVING UNDER THE FLIGHT NOISE AS THE CITY GOT BIGGER, THE AIRPORT GOT BIGGER, YOU GOT MORE FLIGHTS. NOW WE'VE GOT A CHANCE FOR IT TO BE A MAGNIFICENT MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A PART OF AUSTIN, IN A PART OF EAST AUSTIN. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES WE DEAL WITH AND I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND ARE GOING TO BE — CONTINUING TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THIS, WHICH AUSTIN CITIZENS, THE FINANCES THAT ARE TAXPAYER MONEY, AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT FORMER AIRPORT TRANSFORMED INTO A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M GOING TO SKIP YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. I THINK YOU SPOKE. AND I'LL RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

GOODMAN: LET ME SAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER PRETTY MUCH SAID IT ALL. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERY TRACE OF RUNWAY ERASED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

GRIFFITH: YES. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY HOW FORTUNATE I FEEL THAT WE HAVE HAVE TOP FLIGHT, NATIONALLY EXCELLENT GROUP IN CATELLUS. FOLKS WHO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, THE TRACK RECORD, THE GOOD TASTE, THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND THE COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, WHICH IS WHY I WAS PROUD TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER WYNN?

WYNN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE YEARS OF PROCESS ON THIS. WHEN I TALK TO CITIZENS AROUND THE CITY WHO REALLY ARE UNAWARE OF HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT WAS PUT INTO THE PLANNING FOR THE REUSE OF MUELLER, I TELL THEM THAT — AND THEY THINK OF WELL, THE CITY GETS AS MUCH VALUE ON THIS AS POSSIBLE, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO TIE THIS DEVELOPER'S HANDS? MY COMMENT IS ALWAYS THAT THE VALUE OF THAT 700 ACRES IS IN FACT THAT THE LARGE COALITION OF ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS CAME TOGETHER AND THROUGH A LENGTHY PLANNING PROCESS HAS COME TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE CONSENSUS ON MIXED USE DENSITY, ON TAX BASE, ON THOUSANDS OF HOUSING UNITS, PERHAPS 10,000 RESIDENTS. SO IN FACT THE VALUE OF THIS PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR A GENERATION OR SO IS IN FACT THAT THERE'S DRAMATIC CONSENSUS FOR THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THIS PROJECT, A PROJECT THAT ON A STREET BY STREET BASIS WE WOULD NEVER GET TO. AND SO I COMMEND ALL CITIZENS ADVOCATES AND THE FOLKS THAT SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THIS. AND I TRUST THAT CATELLUS WITH THEIR VAST EXPERIENCE IN PROCESSES LIKE THIS WILL RECOGNIZE THAT VALUE, IN FACT, HELP US DELIVER THIS PROJECT THAT SO MANY CITIZENS HAVE COME TOGETHER AND BROUGHT THE LONG-TERM VALUES TO THE REST OF THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS?

THOMAS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITIZENS THAT WORK REAL HARD TO GET THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. JIM WALKER, THE REST OF THE GROUP, I DO COMMEND THEM. THEY ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY THAT IS FROM AROUND THAT PARTICULAR AREA ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THE BUSINESSES, INTERESTED IN HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DONE, BUT IT ALSO ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. FRANKLY — HOPEFULLY SOME BUSINESSES WILL GIVE JOB OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE THE COMMUNITY. I COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. JUST A BRIEF STATEMENT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS, NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS, PROPONENTS. I THINK OF ALL PROCESSES THAT I'VE SEEN HERE AT THE CITY WHERE WE SELECT SOMEBODY TO DO PROJECTS BASED ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN BIDS, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN THE BEST THAT I'VE SEEN. AND MR. RISING, YOUR COMPANY SHOWED THE CITY THAT YOU'RE THE BEST FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, SO WE WELCOME YOU TO AUSTIN. AND AUSTIN AND SAN FRANCISCO HAVE KIND OF LIKE A SIMILAR POPULATION, I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYOR BROWN AGREES WITH THAT, BUT WE LIKE TO THINK THAT SAN FRANCISCO DOES THINGS A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE DO THEM, BUT THEN WE GET THERE. AND THIS IS ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMMITTED TO IMPROVE FOR MANY YEARS. SO WELCOME TO AUSTIN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OPPOSED NO? MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES — WE'LL TAKE ABOUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES. [ APPLAUSE ]. TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE TO ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND I ALSO WILL USE THIS TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE CONNELLY GARY ROW CENTER FOR THE HOSTING OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS MEETING. WE HAVE A PURPOSE FOR COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT'S TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING, HAVING TO DEAL WITH SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. ALSO WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR PARKING CARS IN THE GRASS AND PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT, SO WE'LL BE TAKING THOSE UP AS SOON AS WE CAN GET GOING. OKAY. LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH WE WILL NOT BE TAKING UP. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 5 UNDER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF TOBY FUTRELL AS CITY MANAGER AND THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR THE CITY MANAGER. THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM WAS CONCLUDED YESTERDAY. ALL THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. AND TODAY WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 54, WHICH IS APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF TOBY FUTRELL AS CITY MANAGER EFFECTIVE MAY 1, YEAR 2002, AND ESTABLISH A COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE FOR THE CITY MANAGER. AND IF I COULD GET THE RESOLUTION, I WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S THE RESOLUTION. I CALL RESOLUTION NUMBER 00. IT HAS ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN IT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ THAT AND INCORPORATE THE RIGHT NUMBERS INTO IT.

SLUSHER: MAYOR. WHAT I HAVE IS JUST THE PAY PACKAGE. I DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION.

MAYOR GARCIA: LET ME READ THE OPERATIVE PARTS AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER CRUNCHING, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. THE RESOLUTION SAYS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS TOBY FUTRELL AS CITY MANAGER EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2002. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

SLUSHER: MY TURN? ANNUAL BASE SALARY, $188,115.22, EXECUTIVE ALLOWANCE 72 HUNDRED. CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE $900. DEFERRED COMPENSATION CONTRIBUTION ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEE, $8,000. ALLOWANCES PAID BY THE CITY, OACSI TAX, 563. THAT'S AT 5.63% OF THE CAP. THAT COMES TO 5,263.80. MEDICARE TAX, $2,027.67. PERSONAL LEAVE ACCUMULATED PER MONTH, 22 HOURS. RETIREMENT AT EIGHT PERCENT. HEALTH AND DENTAL COVERAGE AS WITH THE OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES. LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE IS $200,000. PROVIDE SHORT-TERM DISABILITY SERVICE INCENTIVE, 12 PAID HOLIDAYS AND A SEVERANCE PACKAGE OF NINE MONTHS.

MAYOR GARCIA: AND AS IT STATES, IS THAT A MOTION?

SLUSHER: THAT'S CORRECT.

MAYOR GARCIA: THESE ARE NOT WEEKLY SALARY, IT'S A YEARLY SALARY.

SLUSHER: MAYOR, I COUPLE MORE THINGS WE NEED TO ADD. THOSE ARE THINGS I DIDN'T READ, NOT FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS. SEVERANCE PAY IS REDUCED BY ONE MONTH FOR EVERY YEAR OF SERVICE, FOR NOT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. OKAY. THAT'S IT. MAYOR. THAT IS IN THE FORM OF A MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

MAYOR GARCIA: SURE. LET ME SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER?

SLUSHER: WE'VE TAKEN TWO VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS RIGHT IN A ROW, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF MUELLER AIRPORT AND NOW THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER, AND I'M REAL HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT'S GOING TO BE TOBY FUTRELL. SHE'S COMING IN TO BE THE CITY MANAGER AT A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR THE CITY. THE FINANCIAL SITUATION, WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, THE REVENUES ARE GOING DOWN FOR THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE DEMANDS ARE GOING UP, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE AREAS. BUT I THINK TOBY, I'M CERTAIN THAT TOBY FUTRELL IS UP TO THE JOB. ONE REASON IS BECAUSE SHE'S WORKED HER WAY UP THROUGH THE CITY GOVERNMENT. SHE KNOWS VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN CITIZENS CALL MY OFFICE AND SAY, WELL, THIS PARTICULAR THING THE WAY THE CITY IS HANDLING THIS, THIS DOES MAKE SENSE, SOMETIMES I DON'T AGREE WITH IT, SOMETIMES I DO. AND ANY TIME THEY DESERVE A HEARING ON THEIR CONCERNS — AND I KNOW IF SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, THEN THAT CONCERNS TOBY, AND SHE'S MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A LIST OF HOW BY THE END OF THE DAY OF HOW SHE'S GOING TO APPROACH THAT PROBLEM AND HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES WORKING ON IT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED IN A MANAGER. WE NEED THAT WHETHER IT'S LEAN ECONOMIC TIMES OR BOOMING ECONOMIC TIMES. THAT'S A QUALITY THAT WE WANT IN A CITY MANAGER. LIKE THE FORMER CITY MANAGER, SHE CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY EMPLOYEES. I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN SAID WE NEED TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH AND WE JUST HIRED A NATIONAL FIRM TO DO THE AIRPORT AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST DECISION IN THAT SITUATION, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE A NATIONAL SEARCH IN THIS INSTANCE, WHAT WE WOULD COME UP WITH WOULD BE THAT WE NEED TO HIRE TOBY FUTRELL AS THE CITY MANAGER. SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION TODAY AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK WE'LL BE HAVING SOME GOING AWAY PARTIES FOR THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER, JESUS GARZA, BUT IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM FOR FIVE YEARS AND HE'S NOT GOING TO BE FAR AWAY, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD REMEMBER HE DID A GREAT SERVICE HERE IN HIS YEARS AND HAS MUCH BETTER MANAGED CITY THAN WHEN HE TOOK OVER AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY GOOD HANDS WITH MS. FUTRELL.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH?

GRIFFITH: YES. I THINK THAT SUMS IT UP. WE ARE MOST FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PERSON INTELLECT SENSITIVITY, MANAGEMENT STYLE AND ESSENTIALLY THE WHOLE PACKAGE THAT WE NEED. AS THE COUNCILMEMBER SAID, THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE NEED ALL OF THOSE QUALITIES. AND FOR THOSE REASONS I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TOBY FUTRELL.

MAYOR GARCIA: LET ME MOVE TO PLACE 2, COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. COMMENT?

ALVAREZ: THANKS. I'LL BE BRIEF TOO, BUT I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. FUTRELL. I THINK LIKE THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE ALREADY SAID, I THINK IF WE HAD DONE A LONG SEARCH WE WOULD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT NO ONE COULD DO THE JOB BETTER THAN MS. FUTRELL. AND I REALLY HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT AND LOOK AT THE — WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS HER MANAGEMENT STYLE AND HOW SHE DOES BUSINESS. AND ALSO — AND OBVIOUSLY HER KNOWLEDGE OF AUSTIN IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THE WAY WE DO THINGS THAT HAS A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE PARTICULAR TO AUSTIN. AND RIGHT NOW I THINK AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME WITH ALL THE CHANGE THAT IS OCCURRING IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND ALL THE BUDGET ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE BRINGS TO THE TABLE IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BALANCE ALL OF THESE NEEDS AND DESIRES THAT THE CITY HAS. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE MS. FUTRELL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER.

MAYOR GARCIA: MAYOR PRO TEM? THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM SOMETIMES BAT CLEANUP, UNLESS YOU WANT TO BAT AT THIS PLACE IN THE ORDER. DO YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW OR DO IT — AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE IS DONE?

GOODMAN: LET ME BE NEXT TO LAST OR LAST.

MAYOR GARCIA: CLEANUP BATTER. COUNCILMEMBER WYNN?

WYNN: I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WITH THE SALARY FIGURES I TRUST THE CITY MANAGER IS BUYING TONIGHT [ LAUGHTER ].

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS?

THOMAS: YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TOBY, MS. FUTRELL. I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE COUNCIL THAT THOUGHT WE NEEDED A NATIONAL SEARCH INSTEAD OF A LOCAL SEARCH. I CAN SAY FOR THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR TWO YEARS, AND IN THE POSITION SHE WAS IN DEPUTY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER — I'VE WORKED WITH HER FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE IS WILLING TO COMMIT TO AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT SHE'S WILLING TO CORRECT IN CERTAIN AREAS IF THEY DIVERSIFIED AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT SHE'S WILLING TO WORK ON, I COMMEND HER FOR THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THE WORK SHE'S DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: MAYOR PRO TEM?

GOODMAN: I WANT TO THANK JESUS GARZA FOR ONE THING, FOR SEEING THE TALENT NOT ONLY IN MS. FUTRELL, BUT OTHER LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY AS WELL. WE'VE SEEN THE FULL SCOPE OF HER ABILITIES AND THE CHANCE TO LEARN AND EXPAND ON TALENTS THAT SHE BROUGHT US AND APPARENTLY HAS GIVEN US THE KIND OF TEAM MEMBERS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT. SO I WAS ALWAYS LOATHE TO GIVE UP ONE OF THE BEST BY LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IS PERFECTLY WONDERFUL IN ITSELF. AND SO WHEN MR. GARZA DECIDED HE WOULD GO TO A LESS STRESSED CLIMATE IN THE JOB ENVIRONMENT, THEN I THOUGHT THAT IT'S TIME FOR MS. FUTRELL TO TAKE HER PLACE. AND THAT WE WERE VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HER IN THE CITY. SO I WAS READY FOR THIS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND I'M MORE THAN READY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TODAY. I THINK WE GOT JUST ABOUT THE BEST THERE IS.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT ELECTED FOR THE COUNCIL IN 1991, I HAD THE GREAT MISFORTUNE OF GETTING ELECTED WITH TWO OTHER CPA'S. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HIS FRIDAY OF AUSTIN WE HAD CPA'S ON THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF US CAME AT THE SAME TIME. AND I THINK TWO OF THEM LEFT AT THE SAME TIME AND I LEFT THREE YEARS LATER. AND THEN I WAS CALLED BACK AND WHEN I CAME BACK I WAS NO LONGER A CPA, SO I DIDN'T HAVE THAT BURDEN ON ME, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID TO US IS THEY PUT US ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL. AT THAT TIME MS. FUTRELL WAS THE CITY AUDITOR. AND I LEARNED THAT SHE HAD COME TO THE COUNCIL TO WORK IN A LOWLY POSITION, I THINK IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND I WATCHED HER WORK IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY SHE WAS IN THIS POSITION. AND I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO ASKED THAT QUESTION. FORMER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BYRON MARSHAL ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AND ONE DAY ASKED HER TO JOIN THE STAFF AS ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND FROM THERE SHE WENT TO THE ACM POSITION AND TO THE DEPUTY. SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS SKILL AND ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW AS THE COUNCIL-MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. IF THE SYSTEM WORKS, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK AND WHO HAVE THE SKILLS TO NAVIGATE. TOBY, I WISH YOU THE BEST, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I THINK THE COUNCIL IS MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. NOBODY ELSE WOULD BE ANY BETTER AT HANDLING AS DIFFICULT A SITUATION AS WE HAVE IN THE CITY TODAY. SO WELCOME ABOARD. AND A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH. AT THIS TIME ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OPPOSED NO? THE MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF 7-0. [ APPLAUSE ]. [ONE MOMENT, PLEASE, WHILE CAPTIONERS CHANGE].

FUTRELL: I DON'T THINK THAT I WILL END UP WITH ANYTHING BUT THAT, THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH, IT'S 3:30, SO —

GRIFFITH: YES, SIR.

MAYOR GARCIA: IN CASE YOU WANT TO EXCUSE YOURSELF, LET ME EXPLAIN THAT COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A — AS A WINNER IN A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THAT TEXAS A&M MAKES TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN PARKS AND RECREATION, SO SHE WILL BE EXCUSING HERSELF TO ATTEND THE AWARDS CEREMONY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH ON THE AWARD.

GRIFFITH: THANK YOU, MAYOR. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: DID YOU ALL BRING ANY CAKE TO CELEBRATE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?

FUTRELL: NO, JUST THE COMMITMENT TO BUY LATER. [ LAUGHTER ].

MAYOR GARCIA: AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO TO PREVIEW OF ITEMS FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND I WILL ANNOUNCE THE FIRST ONE. I WILL HAVE — I WILL HAVE EITHER IN — AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING AFTER THAT AN ITEM FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION TO — TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES — BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MENTORS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY IN THE LOCAL [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT MAKEUP OF THAT PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, BUT WE WILL DRAFT ONE AND — AND MY HOPE IS THAT — THAT IT WILL BE DONE WITHOUT A FISCAL IMPACT AND THAT WE DO IT IN THE INTEREST OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO ANNOUNCE. I WILL START WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

FUTRELL: AT OUR WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK, OUR WEDNESDAY WORK SESSION, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR CORE SERVICE ANALYSIS. IT'S REALLY THE BEGINNING OF OUR LOOK AT OUR BUDGET TOOLS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT WORK SESSION, DEDICATING THAT TO REALLY THE KICKOFF OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR AND THE DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THOSE BUDGET TOOLS.

MAYOR GARCIA: AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER WYNN, YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT YOU INDICATED TO ME THAT YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERING PUTTING ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.

WYNN: YES, MAYOR, RELATED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE WORK SESSION, I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD AN ITEM FOR NEXT THURSDAY TO — TO CONSIDER ACTION ON IDENTIFYING HOW WE WILL FUND PROPOSITION 1 SHOULD IT PASS. IF YOU — IF YOU ARE REMEMBER IN — IN THE LANGUAGE OF PROPOSITION 1, IT'S — IT PLAINLY STATES THAT SHOULD — SHOULD IT BE ENACTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MUST IMMEDIATELY FUND THE — THE FUND. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT WE SHOULD DO THAT DURING THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE OR WE SHOULD DO THAT — AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SO I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER ABOUT ONE, WHAT THAT FIGURES NEEDS TO BE, AND HOW WE IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCES.

MAYOR GARCIA: I WILL BE CO-SPONSORING THAT PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT — THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WANTED TO ANNOUNCE FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? IF NOT, WE WILL GO TO THE READING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MS. BROWN?

CLERK BROWN: THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE FOR CONSENT AGENDA, BEGINNING WITH ITEM 16, 17, 18 —

MAYOR GARCIA: LET ME SAY THAT ON ITEM 16, THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED ADVICE FROM COUNSEL ON IT AND IS READY FOR ACTION. SO WE WILL BE VOTING ON THAT.

CLERK BROWN: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 —

MAYOR GARCIA: 36 IS CONSENT FOR POSTPONEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? POSTPONE INDEFINITELY ON ITEM NO. 36.

CLERK BROWN: OKAY. 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 —

MAYOR GARCIA: 49, WE ALREADY DEALT WITH THAT ONE.

CLERK BROWN: SORRY, YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH, AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ AND PASSED ON A VOTE OF 7 TO 0.

CLERK BROWN: 50, 51 —

MAYOR GARCIA: 51, YOU INDICATED THAT THERE'S NO APPOINTMENTS. SOMEBODY SENT ME THAT NOTE. SO — SO THAT ONE IS OFF THE AGENDA, CORRECT?

CLERK BROWN: YES, SIR. 52, 53, 55.

MAYOR GARCIA: 54 WE ACTED ON IT WITH A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DARYL SLUSHER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BEVERLY GRIFFITH, THAT WAS A VOTE OF 7-0.

CLERK BROWN: MAYOR, I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT 29 IS ALSO BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAYOR GARCIA: 29 IS BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATES THAT ITEM NO. 20, AGAIN — CITY ATTORNEY WHAT IS THE —

MY NOTES INDICATE THAT WAS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.

CLERK BROWN: I WAS TOLD EARLIER THAT IT HAD BEEN PUT BACK ON THE CONSENT. ITEM 20.

MAYOR GARCIA: ITEM 20. CITY MANAGER, DO WE NEED TO PULL THAT ONE FOR DISCUSSION?

FUTRELL: WE HAVE IT LISTED AS COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER HAVING PULLED IT FOR SOME DISCUSSION, SO I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO CONFIRM RIGHT NOW.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON SOME OF THESE CONSENT ITEMS. I DON'T THINK — I DON'T THINK ANY ITEM HAS MORE THAN THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TO — TO PULL THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. SO WE WILL — I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU ALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONSENT. LIKE ON ITEM NO. 17, IS — IS ITEM 17 AS RICHARD TROXELL SPEAKING ON THIS ONE. TARA NICHOLS, MARY BLUMBERG AND GLORIA QUINTANILLA. ITEM NO. 33, HAS RICHARD DONAHUE, LAURIE DELONG. ITEM NO. 20 — WELL — ITEM NO. 23, IS THERE A FELLOW HERE BY THE NAME OF JOE SCHMOKETELLI, OR IS THAT KIRK WATSON PULLING A STUNT ON ME? [ LAUGHTER ]. HE SIGNED UP ON ITEM NO. 23. JOE SCHMOKETELLI, THE ONLY TIME THAT I HAVE HEARD THAT NAME IS WHEN MAYOR WATSON WAS MAKING EXAMPLES OF THINGS, BUT I MAY BE WRONG. IF I INSULTED YOU, I DIDN'T MEAN TO. JIM WALKER. THE — HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED. ON ITEM NO. 54, WE ALREADY DID THAT. ON ITEM NO. 55, IS THAT ON ITEM 55, THE CONSENT ITEM?

SHOULD BE.

CLERK BROWN: YES, SIR.

MAYOR GARCIA: YES, IT IS. MIKE MCHONE AND JIM WALKER. BOTH SIGNED UP ONE YES AND THE OTHER ONE DID NOT SAY. MR. MCHONE ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THIS?

YES, SIR.

MAYOR GARCIA: DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ANYWAY? IT'S ON CONSENT.

WELL, MAYOR, THAT'S THE ONE ALSO WHERE — WHERE WE HAD COMMENTS TO MAKE FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.

MAYOR GARCIA: ALL RIGHT. WE WILL DO THAT DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WILL ASK YOU TO COME UP ON THE CONSENT. ITEM 57.

CLERK BROWN: IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: THAT ONE IS NOT ON CONSENT. OKAY. YOU HAVE HEARD THE ASKED.

SLUSHER: COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER.

SLUSHER: I WOULD LIKE TO PUT BACK ON 20 AND 32. MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ON THOSE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ON 20 THAT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE EXISTING USE OR THE CLIENTELE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY, ITEM NO. 20 AND 33, DID YOU SAY?

SLUSHER: 32. SHE'S SCHUBERT THOSE COMMENTS ARE CORRECT FOR THE RECORD.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THE PHOENIX HOUSE IS MERELY PROPOSING TO REFINANCE THE DEBT THAT THEY HAVE ON AN EXISTING FACILITY. THEY HAVE BEEN IN THAT LOCATION ABOUT THREE YEARS.

SLUSHER: OKAY. THEN THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE — BY THE MILAM COUNTY HEALTH FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SLUSHER: BUT THAT IS JUST THE FINANCING GROUP, THAT IS NOT — THAT IS — THAT DOES NOT MEAN MILAM COUNTY WILL BE SPENDING FOLKS INTO THIS CENTER.

NO, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE WAY THE CENTER OPERATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT MERELY IS A FINANCING MECHANISM AVAILABLE TO — THIS FACILITY THAT THEY CHOSE TO USE. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE CITY — BECAUSE THE FACILITY IS IN THE CITY APPROVED THIS COMPANY'S USING ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

SLUSHER: OKAY. THANK YOU, MS. SCHUBERT. MAYOR, 32, I'M PUTTING BACK ON BECAUSE THERE IS — THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE — ABOUT THE CURB GETTING RUN DOWN BY — WORE DOWN BY TRUCKS. I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT THE FIRST TIME AROUND. I WAS WONDERING WHY IT WAS BEING ADDED NOW. BUT MR. REIKE HAS GIVEN ME A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION OF THAT. BUT THERE WERE — THERE WERE SEVERAL — THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COST OVERRUNS ON RECENT AGENDAS, INCLUDING TODAY. AND SO I HAVE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO GIVE ME SOME DATA WHERE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY BIDDERS OUT THERE THAT ARE BIDDING LOW, COUNTING ON COST OVERRUNS LATELY. I CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE THAT'S NOT GOING ON. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO — TO SEE THAT DATA TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT'S — THAT'S GOT MORE TO SAY THAN OTHER FOLKS. WE — WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I THINK SHE — I KNOW SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT I MEAN AND WILL — IS GOING TO GET THAT DATA. THEN I HAD A QUESTION ON — ON 55. THAT'S THE ITEM FOR THE — FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, WEST UNIVERSITY, NORTH UNIVERSITY, HANCOCK. I WAS WONDERING BY DOING THIS, WHO, IF ANYONE, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WE MOVING FURTHER BACK IN THE LINE?

COUNCILMEMBER, I WILL RESPOND TO THAT, I'M ALICE GLASGO DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING AND PLANNING DEPEND. THIS SELECTION WOULD NOT MOVE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND AT ALL. WE WERE HOPING THAT BY SEPTEMBER 1 WE WOULD BE AT A POINT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE STAFF RELIEF FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS TO — TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS. SO — SO NO ONE WOULD BE AFFECTED AT THIS POINT.

SLUSHER: SO YOU ARE SAYING — LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS. YOU WERE PLANNING ON DOING THESE ANYWAY IN THE NEXT WAVE?

GLASGO: WE HAVE NOT SELECTED OUR — OUR NEW GROUP FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT — BUT THIS WOULD BE AN AREA THAT WE WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED FOR OUR NEXT SELECTION AREA FOR NEXT YEAR.

SLUSHER: OKAY. I — I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THIS, IF I CAN DO THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A —

MAYOR GARCIA: THERE'S NO MOTION.

SLUSHER: I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: SO I THIS I THAT MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT ITEM NO. 55, SO LET ME RECOGNIZE HER, AND THEN MAYBE ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

SLUSHER: OKAY.

GOODMAN: THANKS, MAYOR. ON ITEM NO. 55 WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS USE THIS FOR A NATIONAL PLANNING — ALMOST PLANNING ENHANCEMENT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS IN GENERAL. I WANTED TO THANK MS. GLASGO FOR COMING UP WITH THE — AND STAFF — FOR COMING UP WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT HELPED US MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL, I KNOW, NOW BECAUSE OF ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE RECENT PAST. BUT WHAT WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO HERE IS — IS WHAT USED TO BE CALLED OR WHAT USED TO BE REFERRED TO IN THE SENSE OF BEING ABLE TO SELF START THE PLANNING PROCESS AND WE USED TO HAVE A WORK BOOK THAT WOULD HELP YOU WITH THAT, WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE, THOUGH, IS THAT STAFF HAS SEEN THAT THERE'S AN ABILITY TO OFFER THIS AS ONE OF THE — OF THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS FOR CONFIRMATION, BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF TO BEGIN THE — WHAT WORD IS IT THAT I WANT HERE? ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS, I GUESS. BUT WHAT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN IS THAT THE OPPORTUNITY GOES MUCH FURTHER, ESPECIALLY IN THIS VERY CRITICAL AREA THAN WE HAVE IN SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU MAY HAVE A LETTER NEXT TO YOU FROM UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS —

SLUSHER: THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

GOODMAN: I THINK COUNCILMEMBER WYNN AND I ALSO WERE IN AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT DOES — IT DOES LOGICALLY FOLLOW THAT AS LONG AS WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THIS AREA, WHY DON'T WE MAKE THIS SORT OF THE PILOT PROJECT THAT MAY GIVE US A MODEL FOR FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ADD THE UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS, WHERE DID ALICE GO? WHO AM I TALKING TO? WE WANTED TO ADD THE UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS, WE WANTED TO ADD THE — THE FACULTY MASTER PLANNING COMMITTEE. YOU REMEMBER DR. GLEASON, THE FACILITIES PLANNING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.T. ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS PATRICIA CLUB, AND THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT OF U.T., AUSTIN, KATY KING, ALSO INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS. I THINK THAT WHAT THIS MAY DO FOR US AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING IN GENERAL IS SORT OF ROUND OUT WHAT HAS BEEN A RATHER LINEAR PROCESS AND WHICH I THINK COULD BE A LITTLE ROUNDER, A LITTLE MORE VISIONARY FOR STAFF IN THE — OFFER MORE SCOPE AND HORIZON FOR STAFF AS WELL. FOR SOME REALLY GOOD VISIONING, SO TO SPEAK. I KNOW THAT'S NOT REALLY A VERB, BUT — WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO AT THE — AT THE SUGGESTION OF AUSTIN AREA — I MEAN UNIVERSITY, SORRY, AREA PARTNERS IS TO ADD TO THE KIND OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FIRST PUT BEFORE ALL OF THE — ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER, WHAT WAS LISTED HERE WERE A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS AND PLANS AND POLICIES THAT HAVE — THAT HAVE BEEN SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA. AND I WANT TO ADD TO THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT THE 1995 TRIPARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS, U.T., AND CAPITAL METRO. THERE WAS A 1996 COUNCIL RESOLUTION DESIGNATING GUADALUPE AS A PEDESTRIAN STREET. QUOTE AND UNQUOTE. A 2002 GUADALUPE STREET MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENT. JANUARY 2000 WAS THE UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THERE WAS A 2001 23RD STREET SAFE STREET DESIGN. WHICH REMIND ME, WE SHOULD BRING IN THE RENAISSANCE MARKET FOLKS, BOTH COMMISSIONERS AND I THINK THEY HAVE A VENDOR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMISSION. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MASTER PLAN THAT WAS FOR THE U.T. CAMPUS, AND ALSO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. ALSO FOR THE CAMPUS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE MIGHT AS WELL BRING BACK, SPECIALLY FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO MAY BE WEREN'T INVOLVED BACK THEN, A COPY OF THE AUSTIN TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS WELL AS AUSTIN PLAN AND THE — IN THIS SECTOR AND WHAT THE — WHAT THE DEVELOPMENTAL NODES WERE IDENTIFIED AT AND THE DENSITY OR WHAT DID WE SAY BACK THEN, INTENSITY? LEVELS THAT WERE DESIGNATED. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE. AND THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD ASK STAFF TO DO, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS AS WELL, TO JOIN IN AND BRING SOME IMPROVEMENT OR EVOLVEMENT MAYBE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS, IS I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO AS PART OF THIS MOTION ASK PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO ACT AS — AS MEDIATORS WHEN NEEDED, FACILITATORS FOR THE PROCESS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAFF, AND MENTORS FOR ALL PARTIES WHO ARE GOING TO BEGIN THIS JOURNEY. AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THAT WILL ENHANCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S INFORMATION AND EFFORTS TO DRAFT CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WILL HELP IMPLEMENT THE PLAN ULTIMATELY. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF — OF MY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION. MAYOR? OR REQUEST FOR DIRECTION. I'M HOPING THAT IT REMAINS A CONSENT ITEM WITH ALL OF THOSE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE — I MEAN FURTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL CALM THEM AS — AS THEY WERE SIGNED UP BASED ON THE — ON THE NUMBER ON THE AGENDA. MR. RICHARD TROXELL SIGNED UP IN FAVOR OF — OF ITEM NO. 17, DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK. TARA NICHOLS SIGNED UP WANTING TO SPEAK, BUT — AND IN FAVOR OF. IS SHE HERE? TARA NICHOLS? MARY BLUMBERG IN FAVOR OF ITEM NO. 17, WANTED TO SPEAK, IS SHE HERE? LAURIE RENTERELLA IS ON 17 AND 18. AND SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. SHE'S IN FAVOR OF IT. BUT FIRST MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS, PROPOSED A SECOND SHELTER NEXT TO SALVATION ARMY, WAY BACK IN '86, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. RICHARD DONAHUE, AVAILABLE TO SPEAK ONLY IF QUESTIONS ARISE ON ITEM NO. 20. IN FAVOR OF. LAURIE DELONG, THE PHOENIX HOUSE, AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. DIDN'T INDICATE A PREFERENCE. JOE SCHMOKETELLI, [ LAUGHTER ], IS WATSON IN THE ROOM ANYWHERE? IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHEN HE STANDS IF HE'S STANDING OR SITTING, BUT ANYWAY — [ LAUGHTER ].

MAYOR GARCIA: HE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. IS NEUTRAL ON ITEM NO. 23. HE SAYS JUST MAKING SURE MICHELLE IS ON HER TOES. THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT. ITEM NO. 33, JIM WALKER. DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF. ITEM 33. MORE SOLAR ON CITY BUILDINGS, THIS WILL BE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. JIM WALKER, ON ITEM NO. 54. DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, IN FAVOR OF. I'M LOOKING TAKE FORWARD TO WORKING WITH TOBY OVER THE COMING YEARS. MIKE MCHONE, ON ITEM 55. DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, AND I THINK EVERYTHING IS — HAS BEEN EXPLAINED. JIM WALKER ON ITEM NO. 55, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS IN FAVOR OF. OKAY. COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WYNN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. IS THERE A SECOND?

SLUSHER: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER. DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS HAS TO DO WITH THE BIKE RALLY LAST YEAR, BROUGHT 22,000 PEOPLE TO AUSTIN. GREAT ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT WE HAVE. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT COULD BRING AS MANY AS 26,000 THIS YEAR. THERE'S SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM THE BIKER'S RALLY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION? ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF 6 TO 0 TO 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH GONE FOR THE DAY, ACTUALLY. COUNCIL, THIS IS ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE ACTION AGENDA. WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS AND LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT ON ITEM NO. 59, SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP ON THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HERE WHEN WE TAKE IT UP. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF THREE HEARINGS AND NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM. WE ALSO — I WILL ANNOUNCE AT THIS TIME THAT THE COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UNDER SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. FOR RECEIVE — ACTUALLY, TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF LANDS ACQUISITION UNDER SECTION 551.072, AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS THE SALE OF AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED IF IN THE BARTON CREEK WATER QUALITY —

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MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE — IT'S ACTUALLY — AT ADVICE FROM COUNSEL, I HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED, THE ONE ON THE REAL PROPERTY SALE OR INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY. BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT'S UNDER PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY 551.071, DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CITY CODE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S STREET CUT IMPACT REDUCTION PROJECT TEAM. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT WILL TAKE?

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FUTRELL: SEDORA, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?

YES, I THINK IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

MAYOR GARCIA: WHY DON'T WE DO THIS. IT'S 7 MINUTES TO 4:00. WE WILL RECESS THIS MEETING AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT ABOUT 5:25 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THAT WAY YOU GUYS HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO — TO GO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO. SO WE ARE — WE ARE RECESSED AND WE WILL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT — WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE — FOR THE AFTERNOON THAT WAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED. WE ARE IN RECESS. THANK YOU FOR COMING. I THINK WE MAY HAVE MS. O.B. CONLEY HERE. MS. CONLEY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MS. CONLEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: I'M GOING TO ASK YOU — WE ARE GLAD TO BE AT YOUR CENTER AND — AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: MUSIC, BOY DO WE HAVE A CELEBRITY HERE TODAY. WHETHER ALVIN CROW IS PLAYING THE FIDDLE IN CARNEGIE HALL OR A HONKY TONK, HIS WORK IS MARKED BY DEVOTION TO QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY. HE FIRST LEARNED TO PLAY THE FIDDLE AT AGE FOUR ON HIS GRANDFATHER'S LAP. HE CONTINUED HIS MUSICAL INTERESTS THROUGH THE VIOLIN WITH CLASSICAL TRAINING. BUT HIS LOVE FOR COUNTRY, CAJUN AND ROCK-A-BILLY MUSIC EXPANDED HIS VENUE AND HE IS CREDITED AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE AUSTIN SOUND. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING LEGENDARY FIDDLER AND GREAT MUSICIAN, ALVIN CROW. [ APPLAUSE ] ( FIDDLE MUSIC PLAYING)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SUPPOSED TO HYPE A COUPLE OF SHOWS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PLAY. APRIL 13TH AND 14TH WE'RE HAVING THE AUSTIN FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED FIESTA, WE ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING AT REPUBLIC SQUARE PARK, FIFTH AND GUADALUPE, BENEFITING THE LAGUNA GLORIA RESTORATION PROJECT. WE ARE PLAYING 2:30 TO 3:45 I BELIEVE, THEN FOLLOWED BY TISH HINOJOSA. THE GRAND OPENING OF THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, WE WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY, AT AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, AT NOON, AT THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, 500 EAST CESAR CHAVEZ STREET. WE PLAY AT THE BROKEN SPOKE ON SATURDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN. THE LEGENDARY BROKEN SPOKE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE; WE WILL SEE YA AT THE SPOKE.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE HAVE A REAL PROCLAMATION FOR YOU, DON'T LEAVE YET. IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING: BE IT KNOWN WHEREAS THE LOCAL MUSIC COMMUNITY MAKES MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTIN'S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND WHEREAS THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF ARTISTS FURTHER AUSTIN'S STATUS AS THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE WORLD, NOW, THEREFORE, I GUS GARCIA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL THE 11TH, 2002 AS ALVIN CROW DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. YEA! [ APPLAUSE ]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: IF WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH GROUP. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO BRING IN THE CAKE? THAT'S NOT YET, NOT YET FOR THE CAKE. BE IT KNOWN WHEREAS TEXAS HAS NEARLY 43,000 CONFIRMED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT LAST YEAR AND 1472 OF THOSE WERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY, THE AUSTIN CHILD ABUSE, PREVENTION COALITION URGES CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF FAMILIES OFFERS PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN POSITIVE PARENTING SKILLS AND TO LEARN ABOUT VALUABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN AND WHEREAS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PREVENTING ABUSE AND NEGLECT, WHICH ROBS OUR CHILDREN OF THEIR INNOCENCE AND UNDERMINES THEIR SENSE OF SECURITY AND COMPROMISES THEIR FUTURE, NOW, THEREFORE, I GUS GARCIA, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, DO HERE BY PROCLAIM APRIL 2002 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU, YOU CAN TELL US A FEW THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING.

MAYOR GARCIA AND OTHERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, MY NAME IS MICHAEL HEROWITZ, I'M A PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH THE PEBBLE PROJECT, A CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, I'M JOINED TODAY BY AN HAND DID A VAN HOOSIER FROM CHILDREN'S ADEQUACY CENTER, DUKE DEFOUR FROM THE DIOCESE OF AUSTIN AND OLGA ALVARADO FROM FAMILY FORWARD. ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COALITION, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY AND WE APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR PROCLAIMING APRIL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN AUSTIN. THE AUSTIN CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COALITION IS A COALITION OF AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE IN AUSTIN AND THROUGHOUT TRAVIS COUNTY. WE KNOW THAT THE PAIN OF CHILD ABUSE LEAVES SCARS THAT CAN LAST A LIFETIME. LEADING TO LATER LIFE DELINQUENCY, SCHOOL DROPOUT, MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG ABUSE. BY EDUCATING CHILDREN AND ADULT, BY MENTORING, BY WORKING WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE UNDER STRESS AND BY EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION WHEN ABUSE DOES OCCUR, WE CAN TOGETHER REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE ON OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR ROLE HAS BEEN — YOUR SUPPORT HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESSENTIAL IN REACHING THIS GOAL. PLEASE JOIN US THIS MONTH IN WEARING BLUE RIBBONS. THESE RIBBONS ARE WORN NATIONWIDE AS A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING ABUSE. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED AROUND 8,000 OF THESE RIBBONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALSO PLEASE JOIN US THIS SATURDAY, AT THE CELEBRATION OF FAMILIES, PARENTING FAIR AT REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL FROM NOON TO 5:00. ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION AND THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES RESERVE, THANK YOU FOR DECLARING APRIL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN AUSTIN. [ APPLAUSE ]

ONE COMMENT, MR. MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IS THE BEGINNING OF KEEPING KIDS STRAIGHT AND OUT OF PRISON. THERE'S ABOUT 85 TO 90% OF PRISON INMATES HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND NEGLECTED AS CHILDREN. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY THE DIOCESE OF AUSTIN IS INTERESTING IN PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE, START OFF GET THESE KIDS SQUARED AWAY, WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. WE CONGRATULATE THE FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING THIS ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN WILL PRESENT THE NEXT PROCLAMATION.

GOODMAN: WAY BACK IN 1975, THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS AROUND WHO WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. GIVE HELP WHERE HELP WAS NEEDED, MAKE EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE VISION, SPECIALLY FOR THE AUSTIN AREA. SO THIS PROCLAMATION IS TO AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY ACKNOWLEDGE THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ALL THIS TIME, SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE STILL DOING THIS, EVEN SINCE '75 AND MANY OTHERS THAT I SEE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WERE PART OF THAT. THE PROCLAMATION IS TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WHEREAS SINCE 1975, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOC GRANT PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED THE CITY OF AUSTIN WITH MORE THAN 175 MILLION DOLLARS TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS THE CITY HAS USED CDBG FUNDS TO CREATE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, INCREASE PUBLIC SERVICES TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AND TO ASSIST PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM ABUSE OR SEVERE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES; AND WHEREAS CDBG FUNDS HAVE ASSISTED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF CENTRAL CORE EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS; NOW, THEREFORE, THE HONORABLE GUS GARCIA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, DOES HERE BY PROCLAIM APRIL IN THE YEAR 2002 AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH IN AUSTIN. AND IN WITNESS THEREOF, HE HAS SIGNED, SEEMED AND I'M DELIVERING TO SOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M PAUL HILGERS, I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THESE FOLKS AND MAYOR PRO TEM, SINCE YOU HAVE GOTTEN THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION, YOU GET THE HONOR OF RECEIVING THIS — THIS AWARD. IN THE FORM OF A POSTER. MAYOR, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU, TOO. [ LAUGHTER ]. BUT — THIS — THIS IS A — THIS IS A POSTER THAT THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PUTS TOGETHER EVERY YEAR AND THIS WEEK IS THE WEEK THAT WE CELEBRATE ACROSS THE NATION THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOC GRANT PROGRAM HAS DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS PARTICULAR POSTER GIVES AN INDICATION OF THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT CDBG FUNDS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IT IS ALSO AN INTERESTING POSTER IN THAT IT WAS THE ARTIST FOR THIS POSTER HAPPENS TO WORK IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS. WON AN AWARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSTER, SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS PARTICULAR AWARD. AND I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND, MAYOR, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU. AND IT'S BACK AT THE OFFICE, THOUGH. AND THEN — [ LAUGHTER ]. I WANT TO —

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ALSO, JUST TO MENTION THAT IT'S VERY FITTING THAT WE WOULD BE HERE IN THIS LOCATION, AND THAT THESE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS WE HAVE GREAT SUPPORT FROM ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOC GRANTS THAT WE HAVE. TODAY WE FUNDED A HOMELESS SHELTER. LAST WEEK WE DID A PROJECT IN HOUSING AND THE WEEK BEFORE WE DID SOME WORK TO SUPPORT THE 11TH AND 12TH STREET REVITALIZATION EFFORT WITH CDBG MONEY. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE REPRESENTED BEHIND US ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES WHO ACTUALLY BENEFIT DIRECTLY AND USE THE MONEY THAT THEY GET FROM CDBG TO HELP CITIZENS WHO NEED IT THE MOST. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND SO I'M NOT LEAVING ANYBODY OUT, IS ASK A REPRESENTATIVE OF EVERY ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S HERE JUST TO STEP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY WHAT THEIR ORGANIZATION IS AND WHAT THEY DO. THEN ONE LAST POINT IS THAT WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT CONLEY-GUERRERO IN ROSEWOOD ZARAGOSA ON APRIL 20TH, WORKING WITH HANDS ON HOUSING TO HELP REHAB SOME HOUSES IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS RECOGNITION, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY OF OUR PARTNERS WHO DO SO MUCH GREAT WORK FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. ONE AT A TIME, IF YOU ALL WOULD JUST STEP UP.

HI, I'M BECCA BRUCE, HERE ON BEHALF OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS RECEIVED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS ON SEVERAL PROJECTS, ALL BENEFITING HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY AND ALSO FOR HOUSING FOR — FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS PERSONS. THANK YOU.

I'M MARGO WISE WITH THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE PROMOTE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN LOW INCOME AREAS THROUGH PROVIDING FINANCING TO SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE AUSTIN AREA, BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE JOBS AND CREATE DIVERSITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS, INVEST IN PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS TO DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS, INVEST IN NEEDED SERVICES LIKE CHILD CARE, HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE AREA. WE ALSO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND BUSINESS SUPPORT TO THE CLIENTS THAT WE MAKE LOANS TO.

MY NAME IS KATHRYN STARK, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL AND WE DO FAIR HOUSING ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION AND WE ALSO ASSIST TENANTS IN PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING IN THEIR RENTAL HOUSING, BE THAT REPAIRS OR EDUCATING THEM ON THEIR RIGHTS AS TENANTS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TODAY IS ALSO THE 29TH BIRTHDAY OF THE AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL.

VERY GOOD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M NORMAN KIKI WITH DISABILITY ASSISTANCE OF CENTRAL TEXAS. WE OPERATE THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM, MAKING HOMES ACCESSIBLE FOR WELCOME WITH DISABILITIES. A PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED ABOUT A BACK IN 1979. IT'S BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME. MORE RECENT PROGRAM IS THE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING REFERRAL SPECIALIST, HELPING PEOPLE FIND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RACHEL GONZALEZ BACK HERE AND HER STAFF BACK HERE WORKING OVER 350 HOMES A YEAR TO MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE. THANK YOU.

I'M AN MAN DID A VAN HOOSIER THE DIRECTOR AT THE CHILDREN'S ADEQUACY SERVICE, WE WORK WITH LAW ENFORCE 7, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. CDBG HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING US THE FUNDING SO THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT. THANKS. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: HOME CHEMICAL AWARENESS. OKAY. THIS PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS: BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS CITIZENS WHO PLACE HOME CHEMICALS IN THEIR TRASH OR POUR HOUSEHOLD WASTES DOWN STORM DRAINS PUT THEMSELVES, THEIR NEIGHBORS AND GARBAGE CREWS AT RISK OF INJURY AND WHEREAS HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS LIKE AMMONIA AND BLEACH CAN CAUSE DANGEROUS REACTIONS WHEN MIXED AND CAN HARM FAMILY MEMBERS, SOLID WASTE WORKERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT WHEN DISPOSED OF IMPROPERLY AND WHEREAS CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STOREHOUSE OLD CHEMICALS IN CLEAN, DRY COOL AREAS AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND TO DISPOSE OF SUCH ITEMS AS MURATIC ACID, IF I DON'T PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY YOU CAN CORRECT ME, CAR BATTERIES, PAINT AND USED MOTOR OIL AT THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION FACILITY ON TODD LANE, NOW I THEREFORE GUS GARCIA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2002 AS HOME CHEMICAL AWARENESS MONTH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WE PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS JERRY HENDRICKS, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MANAGER FOR THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OUR DIRECTOR WILLIE RHOADES WAS GOING TO BE HERE BUT HE GOT CALLED AWAY AT THE LAST MINUTE. I'M HAPPY TO STAND IN FOR HIM. EACH YEAR THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS OF TRAVIS COUNTY DISPOSE OF THEIR CHEMICALS SAFELY AND PROPERLY AT OUR HOUSE HOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION FACILITIES. THAT MEANS THERE'S STILL THOUSANDS MORE THAT DON'T. AND THAT CAN BE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING. THE GOOD PART IS THAT MANY OF THOSE THOUSANDS ARE MANAGING THOSE CHEMICALS RESPONSIBLY IN THEIR HOME AND DON'T NEED TO BEFORE IT TO A — TO BRING IT TO A FACILITY WITH PROPER DISPOSAL. BUT THAT LEAVES US WITH A FEW OTHERS THAT MAYBE AREN'T OF THEIRS RESPONSIBLE. PEOPLE FROM KLBJ F.M. CAME TO ME A FEW MONTHS AGO, THEY WANTED TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF A COMMUNITY ISSUE. I ASKED THEM TO DO THIS, THEY WENT OUT AND SOLICITED MORE SPONSORSHIP SO THIS MONTH THEY CAN RUN ADS ON THEIR RADIO STATIONS TO PROMOTE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND HOW TO DISPOSE OF IT PROPERLY IF YOU NEED TO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE SPONSORS WHICH ARE BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT, THE TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND KLBJ F.M. AND A.M. RADIO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR GARCIA FOR DOING THE PROCLAMATION FOR US TO HELP US INCREASE THE AWARENESS THIS MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO KLBJ A.M. AND F.M. THIS MONTH FOR THE SPOTS THAT WE ARE RUNNING THAT WILL HELP INCREASE YOUR AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS AND VISIT WWW.AUSTINRECYCLES.COM. NOT ONLY CAN YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT DISPOSING AND MANAGING HAZARDOUS WASTE PROPERLY, BUT KLBJ ALSO WORKED WITH AUSTIN OUTDOOR VENTURES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A TRIP FOR PEOPLE THAT WILL VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. YOU CAN E-MAIL IN YOUR NAME, PHONE NUMBER, CONTACT INFORMATION. AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE ARE GOING TO BE DRAWING A WINNER, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FOR FOUR PEOPLE TO GO ON AS PART OF THIS PROMOTION. ONCE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE SPONSORS AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PROCLAMATION. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL PRESENT THE NEXT PROCLAMATION. ARE ANY — IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH? WELCOME. WELCOME. THIS PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS: BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE FIRST ORGANIZATION — ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH AS A MISSION SPONSORED BY THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF AUSTIN WAS HELD ON APRIL THE 12TH, 1952; AND WHEREAS HIGHLAND PARK BECAME A FULLY INDEPENDENT CHURCH IN 1963, AND RAY BROCHETTE WAS CALLED AS PASTOR IN 1964 AND SERVED THE CONGREGATION FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND WHEREAS THE CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS HISTORY AS A BEACON OF GRACE, HEALING, HOSPITALITY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND AS AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRESSIVE THINKING AND PRACTICE OF CHRISTIANITY IN OUR CITY, NOW THEREFORE I GUS GARCIA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, APRIL THE 21ST, 2002 AS HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST CHURCH 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DAY IN AUSTIN. I PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU ALL, YOU CAN SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. [ APPLAUSE ]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'M STEVE LUCAS THE SENIOR MINISTER AT HIGHLAND PARK, I'M HERE WITH HERB WILSON AND BARBARA LIGHTSEY AND PAUL HILGERS, ALL MEMBERS OF OUR CONGREGATION. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF HIGHLAND PARK, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. FOR 50 YEARS, HAVING TIME TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN. AND WE ARE JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY OF — OF JUST A MOMENT OF SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY, APRIL THE 21ST, A WORSHIP SERVICE AT HIGHLAND PARK AT 11:00 ON SUNDAY MORNING. AND WE WOULD LIKE ALL THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME TO FEEL FREE TO DO SO. YOU ARE INVITED. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]

GOODMAN: THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY IN AUSTIN WHO DOESN'T KNOW THIS WONDERFUL WOMAN, BUT I AM SURE THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. TODAY WE ARE HAVING OUR MEETING AT THE CONLEY-GUERRERO SENIOR CENTER. ONE OF THE NAMES IN THAT TITLE BELONGS TO O.B. CONLEY WHO HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL RESOURCE, A FANTASTIC ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG AND SO DETERMINEDLY, SHE NEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST SITS AROUND AND DOES NOTHING. I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT. AND ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO NOW, I FIRST MET MS. CONLEY. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT, WHEN I SERVED ON THE PARKS BOARD, I GOT TO KNOW HER VERY WELL BECAUSE SHE WOULD COME TO THE PARKS BOARD TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND SHE WOULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. EVER SINCE THEN, I HAVE ALSO NOT KNOWN HER TO EVER TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A RESOUNDING YES FOR AN ANSWER BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR US. BEING HERE AT CONLEY-GUERRERO AND ALSO FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS O.B. CONLEY AS YOU CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY ON APRIL 11TH IN THE YEAR 2002. AND MAYOR GARCIA, AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, EXTENDS HIS VERY BEST REGARDS AND OURS, CONVEYS OUR SINCERE WISHES TO YOU FOR A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY MORE HAPPY AND PRODUCT ACTIVE YEARS TO COME BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE YEARS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. MS. CONLEY, THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. [ APPLAUSE ] AND TO HER LEFT, BY THE WAY, AFTER SHE'S FINISHED, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CAKE, OF COURSE. FOR HER BIRTHDAY.

ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS O.B. CONLEY, I TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR 43 YEARS. I WAS ABSENT ONE DAY FOR A FUNERAL. AND I WAS THE TEACHER FOR KEALING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND I TAUGHT A WHILE IN MISSISSIPPI FOR A FRIEND. I WORKED AND I HAVE BY MYSELF BOUGHT ME A HOME, AIN'T GOT NO HUSBAND, NO CHILDREN. [ LAUGHTER ]. AND — AND I LIKE TO USE THE WORD AIN'T. AIN'T GOT NO CHILDREN. SO THAT WOULD BE RIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALLED TO CALL YOU IN SCHOOL WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE NO PAPA. [ LAUGHTER ]. WE HAD MORE TROUBLE WITH THAT WORD THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD OF THOSE 43 YEARS. I TAUGHT SOME OF THE BIGGEST PRO FOOTBALL BOYS IN THE WORLD. NIGHTTRAIN LANE AND PEOPLE WHO HEARD OF HIM IN MICHIGAN. HE DIED ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS AGO. AS A WOMAN TEACHING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT THAT TIME, CAN YOU IMAGINE I HAD TO STAND IN FRONT OF BOYS AND MEN WHO WERE 21 YEARS OLD THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE — WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL TRANSIENTS WITH THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER. SOMETIMES THEY HAD 15 AND 16 KIDS LIVING IN A THREE OR FOUR ROOM HOUSE. BEING A TEACHER, I HAD TO GET THERE AND TAKE THE PLACE OF WHATEVER NEEDED TO MAKE THEM HUMAN BEINGS. I HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD. EVERYWHERE I GO, I MEET THEM. SOMETIMES I KNOW THEM, SOMETIMES I DON'T. AND THEY LAUGH AT ME AND SAY, WE CHANGED AS THE TIME GOES ON AND I CHANGED AND I'M NOT THE PERSON THAT I WAS — THAT I USED TO BE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I'M GETTING OLDER, I'M GETTING BENT. BUT I'M RAISING CANE, I WANTED TO SAY THAT OTHER WORD. [ LAUGHTER ]. IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU CAN — WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO AND JUMP AROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT SPIRIT. KIDS EVERYWHERE I GO, THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN PLAY WITH ME AND I'M STILL USING WHAT MY GRANDMA SAID. I'M GOING TO SKIN YOU ALIVE. [ LAUGHTER ]. IT DOESN'T MEAN WITH A SWITCH. IF YOU SEND THEM TO THE LIBRARY, THAT'S SKINNING THEM ALIVE. THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK, HUH-UH. THEY WANT YOU TO STAY AROUND AND PLAY WITH THEM. I COULD TALK ALL MY LIFE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES WHERE I'VE BEEN, WHAT I DID, WALKED TO PENNSYLVANIA STATION TO GET MY MASTER'S DEGREE. KIDS HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON WHICH TO HOLD THEMSELVES. WHAT IS SHE DOING, WHERE DID SHE COME FROM? YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO KNOW ALL OF THIS, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET OUT AND SHOW 'EM. THE THINGS THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE. LIKE THE — I SHOWED THEM A MOVIE WITH THE — WITH THE FISH GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE CURRENT. THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW AND CAN SEE THAT IS AGAINST THEIR RULES WHEN THEY GO FISHING. YOU DON'T EVER SEE THAT. ANYTHING THAT'S DIFFERENT. PEOPLE DRINKING ALCOHOL, SPECIALLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE CONSIDER CHRISTIANS, HAVING THEIR KIDS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEM, ALL THAT'S ON TV AND RADIO AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN SHOW YOUR KIDS TO HELP THEM TO SEE THAT LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS AS IT SEEMS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS. THAT MAKES ME I GUESS TO LIVE A LITTLE LONGER AND APPRECIATE LIFE WITH A WHOLE LOT OF VIM AND VIGOR BECAUSE IT'S THERE. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY. FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, EVERYTHING, IT COMES ALONG, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. LATER ON I WILL BE FUSSING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME. [ LAUGHTER ].

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS. CONLEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: IS THE MAYOR PRO TEM IN THE ROOM? WOULD SOMEBODY, MR. JACKS, WOULD SOMEBODY CALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK ITEMS AND THE CITY CLERK, ALSO. THERE BEING A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL IN THE ROOM, I'M GOING TO CALL BACK TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. IT'S THURSDAY, APRIL THE 11TH. WE ARE AT THE CONLEY-GUERRERO SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. AND THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE WILL CONSIDER IS ITEM NO. 15, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION OF APRIL 3RD, 2002. AND THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 4TH, 2002. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM.

WYNN: MOVE AS WRITTEN, MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS WRITTEN, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. SECOND BY ME. THE MAYOR PRO TEM — DID THE MAYOR PRO TEM LEAVE US? SHE'S SITTING RIGHT HERE, YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF 4 TO 0 TO 2 WITH COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER AND COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ TEMPORARILY ABSENT AND — 3, ACTUALLY, 4 TO 0 TO 3, COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER AND ALVAREZ TEMPORARILY OUT AND COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH OUT OF TOWN. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NO. 14. DISCUSS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER'S STREET CUT IMPACT REDUCTION PROJECT TEAM. CITY MANAGER?

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M LISA GORDON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. ONE OF THE TASKS THAT I WAS GIVEN THIS YEAR —

MAYOR GARCIA: DO YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE SO YOU CAN BE READING IT OFF OF THE MIC. OFF OF THE SCREEN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EASIER. YOU ARE THE CITY MANAGER IN CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT, RIGHT?

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. THE PRESENTATION IS — THIS EVENING, I SHOULD SAY, IS ON OUR STREET CUT IMPACT REDUCTION PROJECT TEAM. BASICALLY THIS TEAM WAS ASSEMBLED TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF STREET IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THE AGENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION IS AS FOLLOWS: WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW JUST VERY BRIEFLY OF STREET CUTS AND KIND OF THE NUMBER OF CUTS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE CITY. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS THAT THIS PROJECT TEAM FOUND IN TERMS OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RIGHT-OF-WAY. TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THE STREET CUTS. WE ALSO HAVE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT LOOKS AT SOME — SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL METHODS THAT WE FEEL WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT TO — TO DO THE BEST AT MANAGING THE STREET CUTS IN THE CITY. AND FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. ALSO TODAY WE WILL BE — WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN A BRIEFING IS LEON BARBARA, OUR CHIEF ENGINEER AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT PUBLIC WORKS AND SUNNY HOOD OUR LEGAL ATTORNEY IN THIS AREA. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW, THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS TEAM WAS IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF STREET CUT ACTIVITY TO MINIMIZE ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY, PUBLIC USE WHILE COMPLYING WITH THE LEGAL MANDATE TO GUARANTEE THE UTILITY'S THE ACCESS TO OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. AN INTERNAL TASK FORCE HAS BEEN WORKING ON EVALUATING THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF STREET CUTS, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, COUNCIL, WE HAVE NOTICED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT STREET CUTS PER MONTH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAVE AVERAGED ABOUT 650. MOST RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD — AND THAT 650 APPLICATIONS A MONTH. AND 528 HAVE BEEN THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS, WHICH HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMY. SO WE JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF THE NUMBER OF STREET CUTS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO MANAGE. WE THINK THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WILL HELP US ADDRESS THAT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND FIND OUT THEIR INPUT, BUT WE WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING BECAUSE IT IS SIGNIFICANT IN IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. LEON?

COUNCIL, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST GO OVER THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SO FAR, SO I WILL JUST READ THEM TO YOU. FINDING 1, OF COURSE, WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY IS FRAGMENTED. OUR SOLUTION WAS TO CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT ISSUES. WE ALSO HAVE A STUDY UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE CAN CREATE A RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT SECTION OR DIVISION. THE EFFECT IS THAT THIS CREATES A SINGLE DECISION POINT FOR ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT RELATED MATTERS. REDUCES CONFLICTING DECISIONS ON RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUES GIVEN TO OUTSIDE USERS. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR DEPARTMENTS AND A NUMBER OF DIVISIONS THAT HAVE IMPACTS ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DECISIONS. FINDING NUMBER 2, INCONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS. THE SOLUTION WAS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WITH LEGAL TO UNDERSTAND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOP COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES. THE EFFECT IS THAT WE HAVE INCREASED COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING REGULATIONS. FINDING NUMBER 2 [SIC] INSUFFICIENT ENFORCEMENT INCENTIVES IN EXISTING REGULATIONS. THE SOLUTION WAS WE ADOPT RULES CREATING GRADUATED PENALTY LEVELS USING WARNINGS, WORK SUSPENSIONS AND PERMIT TERMINATIONS. THE EFFECT IS WE HAVE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN RULE COMPLIANCE, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE INITIAL WARNING. FINDING NUMBER 4, INADEQUATE OR INCOMPLETE PAVEMENT REPAIRS AFTER EXCAVATION. THE SOLUTION WAS THAT WE ADOPTED THE RULE REQUIRING FULL-WIDTH LANE REPAIRS TO PAVEMENT. THE EFFECT OBVIOUSLY IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND SMOOTHNESS OF OUR STREET REPAIRS AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR CONSTRUCTION. FINDING NUMBER 5, THERE IS NO CENTRALIZED DATA BASE WITH INFORMATION ON ALL UTILITIES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE SOLUTION IS TO BRING TOGETHER ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY INFORMATION HELD ACROSS THE CITY INTO A SINGLE FORMAT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO CITY DEPARTMENTS AND RECORD NEW INFORMATION AS PROVIDED BY RIGHT-OF-WAY USERS COMPLYING WITH CITY CODE. THE EFFECT IS INCREASED ACCURACY OF THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE PROVIDE, WE HAVE REDUCED INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE AND THE ABILITY TO CLOSE RIGHT-OF-WAY SEGMENTS TO NEW ACTIVITY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS REAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THAT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WERE LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LIKE 3RD AND GUADALUPE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE HAD SIX UTILITY LINES OUT THERE. AFTER WE DID A — A MUCH BETTER RESEARCH AND ACTUALLY HIRED SOMEONE TO GO OUT AND HELP US LOCATE THOSE UTILITY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND WE ACTUALLY HAD 16 UTILITY LINES OUT IN THAT AREA. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH THAT WOULD HAVE SAVED US, WHAT KINDS OF DAMAGES THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD IF WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ALL OF THOSE LINES WERE AT. NUMBER 6, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED TO CARRY FIBER. SEVERAL SOLUTIONS WE ARE LOOKING AT, RACEWAYS THAT AUSTIN ENERGY HAS TO CURRENTLY EXISTING TO SOME OF THE BUILDINGS, ENCOURAGE THE USE OF SHALLOW TRENCH TECHNOLOGY THAT ALMOST ELIMINATES STREET DISTURBANCES. WE ARE INVESTIGATING THE USE OF STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO CARRY FIBER, ALSO. THE EFFECT, OF COURSE, THAT WE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE NEED FOR EXCAVATION, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE LAST MILE PROJECTS THAT WE STILL HAVE. LASTLY, FINDING NUMBER 7, WE HAVE NO STANDARDS FOR CLOSING RIGHT-OF-WAY TO NEW INSTALLATIONS WHEN IT'S FULL. THE SOLUTION IS TO PROVIDE RULEMAKING THAT WOULD ESTABLISH UNIFORM STANDARDS TO DETERMINE THAT A RIGHT-OF-WAY IS FULL. AND THE EFFECT IS THAT ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY REACHING CAPACITY UNDER THE NEW RULE MAY BE CLOSED TO FUTURE NEW INSTALLATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY REDUCE THE STREET CUTS. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SONNY HOOD, I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU SOME PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE FOR A NEW ORDINANCE TO GO FORWARD. BASICALLY, WE HAVE GONE AS FAR AS WE CAN IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THE FINDINGS IN THE SOLUTIONS OF THE TASK FORCE. WHAT WE WILL BE DOING AFTER WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OF PRESENTING THIS TO STAKEHOLDERS IS TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WILL DEAL WITH SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE HERE, SO IF YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME. THE FIRST FINDING THAT WE INTEND — THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE CHANGE FOR WILL AFFECT THE NEED FOR FORECAST OF EXCAVATION PROJECTS TO COORDINATE ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN. THE SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH IS TO REQUIRE THAT ALL EXCAVATION PERMIT ACTIVITIES FOR ACTIVITY DURING THE SIX MONTH PERIODS BEGINNING — ENDING JUNE 30TH AND DECEMBER 31ST OF EACH YEAR BE FILED NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1 OR JULY 1 OF EACH YEAR. THE EFFECT OF THIS WILL ALLOW STAFF TO REVIEW SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, IT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO — TO ORDER JOINT TRENCHING WHEREVER POSSIBLE. PROJECTS DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD WILL BE SEQUENCED IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE PROJECT CROWDING AND DISRUPTION. EXCAVATION THAT DOESN'T BEGIN ON OR FALLS SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE PERMIT HOLDERS OWN SCHEDULE MAY BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT PERIOD. IT WILL ONLY APPLY IN THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT COORDINATION ZONE. THAT ZONE HAS BEEN DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE AS BEING ROUGHLY BETWEEN M.L.K. BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH, MOPAC ON THE WEST, CHICON STREET OVER HERE ON THE EAST. AS FAR SOUTH AS OLTORF PAST THE RIVER. THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO EMERGENCY EXCAVATIONS, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS FORECAST IF AN APPLICANT COMES IN AND SHOWS GOOD CAUSE. FINDING NUMBER 2, OF COURSE WE NEED INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL DATA BASE ON WHAT RESIDES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. MR. BARBAR TOLD YOU A LITTLE WHILE AGO ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED, WHICH WILL BRING INFORMATION TOGETHER FROM DIFFERENT — FROM DIFFERENT HOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. ONCE WE COMBINE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION. THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE WILL REQUIRE ANYONE CONDUCTING EXCAVATION IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS TO REPORT THE POSITION OF ALL EXISTING FACILITIES ENCOUNTERED WITHIN FIVE FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION. THE EFFECT THIS REQUIREMENT OF COURSE WITH EACH NEW EXCAVATION WILL HELP UPDATE AND UPDATE THE CENTRAL DATA BASE AND WILL GIVE US A MUCH MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS IS A MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF ACHIEVING, UPDATING OF THE INFORMATION THAN ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND HIRING SOMEONE TO EFFECTIVELY POTHOLE EVERY PLACE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE THIRD FINDING IS THAT OF COURSE RIGHT-OF-WAY USERS DO NOT ALWAYS RELOCATE THEIR FACILITIES AT THEIR EXPENSE WHEN NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS TO REQUIRE RIGHT-OF-WAY USERS TO RELOCATE THEIR FACILITIES AT THEIR EXPENSE, WHEN IT'S NECESSARY TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND THE EFFECT OF THE CURRENT RELOCATION ORDINANCE, THERE IS A CURRENT PROVISION IN EFFECT, BUT IT APPLIES ONLY TO TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS IN UTILITY FRANCHISE PROVISIONS THAT ACHIEVE THE SAME RESULT. THE IDEA HERE IS TO BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER INTO ONE PLACE, PLACE IT IN ONE PART OF THE CITY CODE AND MAKE THE SAME STANDARDS APPLY TO ANYONE WHO HAPPENS TO USE OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. FINDING NUMBER 4, NEED FOR BETTER PLANNING FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY USERS ON SAFE GUARDING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SOLUTION, APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECTS OF GREATER THAN 2500 FEET IN LENGTH MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY QUALITY ASSURANCE AND DAMAGE MITIGATION PLAN. MOST DAMAGE TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE OCCURS ON — DURING PROJECTS OF 25 FEET OR — 2500 FEET OR LONGER. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL — WILL REQUIRE ADVANCED PLANNING FOR THE INSPECTING, LOCATING AND SAFEGUARDING OF EXISTING FACILITIES AGAINST DAMAGE. AND WHAT TO DO IF DAMAGE DOES OCCUR. FINDING NUMBER 5, THE CITY HAS TO FIND A WAY TO RECOUP DAMAGE TO NEWLY REHABILITATED STREETS. WE ARE GOING TO REVISE EXISTING PROVISIONS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE AMOUNT CHARGED FOR DAMAGE TO STREETS LESS THAN 7 YEARS OLD IS ACTUALLY LIQUIDATED DAMAGES INSTEAD OF A FEE. AS EACH OF YOU KNOW, HOUSE BILL 1777 THAT WAS PASSED IN 1999 ELIMINATES THE — ELIMINATES CHARGING FOR APPLICATION FEES FOR TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS? BY MAKING CERTAIN THAT THIS IS UNDERSTOOD AS TO BE A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, THIS WOULD ALLOW TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS AND CABLE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO USES OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY TO PAY THE DAMAGES IN ADVANCE OF — OF EXCAVATING NEW STREETS. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE STREET — WITH THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETED AND THEN HAVE EXCAVATION COME FORWARD AND NOT HAVE A WAY TO COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR THE LOSS OF THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE PROJECT. FINDING 6, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT BOND AMOUNTS ARE TOO LOW WHEN COMPARED TO DAMAGE FIGURES AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF SOME PROVIDERS. THE SOLUTION IS TO TIE BOND AMOUNTS TO THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. THE CURRENT BOND AMOUNT, THE $10,000, IS SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECTS OF LETS THAN 1,000 FEET IN LENGTH. HOWEVER FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 1,000 FEET IN LENGTH, THE PLAN IS TO INCREASE THE BOND AMOUNT IN THE INCREMENTS OF $25,000 PER 500 FEET IN LENGTH, CAPPED AT A BOND AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 2500 FEET IN LENGTH. THE EFFECT HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY WILL NOT BE LEFT WITH EXPENSIVE REPAIRS IF A PERMIT HOLDER BECOMES INSOLVENT. OF COURSE WITH THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN YOU CAN SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT. SOMEONE WILL COME IN AND START A PROJECT AND BECOME BANKRUPT DURING SOME POINT IN THAT PROJECT WOULD LEAVE THE CITY WITH QUITE POSSIBLY SOME VERY EXPENSIVE WORK TO BE DONE TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION. FINDING 7, MULTIPLE UTILITY ENTRANCE POINTS RESULT IN MULTIPLE CUTS TO ADJACENT STREETS. THE SOLUTION HERE IS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DEDICATED COMMUNICATION SERVICE CORRIDORS ON NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE DOWNTOWN COORDINATION ZONE TO 2. BUT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS BEING ABLE TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL CORRIDORS ON A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE. AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, IF A NUMBER OF PROVIDERS WANT TO COME INTO A SINGLE BUILDING, SAY FOR EXAMPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE FEDERAL LAW AND STATE LAW BOTH HAVE PROVISIONS THAT ARE CALLED OPEN ACCESS PROVISIONS. A BUILDING OWNER, IF — IF A USER, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE ARE FIVE USERS IN THE BUILDING THAT HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT EACH OF THE FIVE TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT ENTRANCES INTO THE BUILDING AND OF COURSE THAT RESULTS IN GREATER — IN GREAT DAMAGE TO THE STREETS. SO THIS IS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THOSE CORRIDORS INTO TWO. THE — THE EFFECT HERE IS THAT WE HOPE THAT BUILDING DESIGNERS WILL TAYLOR THEIR CORRIDORS TO THE LOCATION OF TRUNK COMMUNICATION LINES AND LIMIT BOTH THE NUMBER AND LENGTH OF CUTS TO THE ACCESS LINES TO BE HOOKED UP. IMPLEMENTATION TIME LINE. RIGHT NOW, AFTER WE FINISH WITH THIS MEETING, WE WILL BEGIN PREPARING A LETTER AND INVITING STAKEHOLDERS TO THE MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT WE HAVE — WHAT WE HAVE SET FORTH TODAY. THAT WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, WE PLAN ON MEETING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLAIN BOTH THE IMPLEMENTED AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS. WITHIN 45 DAYS, WE HOPE TO RECEIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THESE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS. WITHIN 60 DAYS, WE WANT TO ANALYZE THE SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS, IF NECESSARY. WITHIN 75 DAYS, IF ANY SUBSEQUENT MEETING IS NECESSARY BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS AND BASED ON THE — ON ANY REVISIONS THAT WE MAKE TO THE ORDINANCE, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT MEETING DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. FINALLY WITHIN 90 TO 120 DAYS WE WANT TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND PRESENT YOU WITH — WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE DESCRIBED TONIGHT AND ANY NECESSARY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENACT THAT ORDINANCE TO GIVE US THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BETTER MANAGE THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARBRA OR MR. —

SLUSHER: MAYOR, YES.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER.

SLUSHER: YES. WHEN YOU SAY THIS IS GOING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PRIMARILY THE COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING THE STREET CUTS? WHO ARE WE INCLUDING IN THE STAKEHOLDERS?

WE HAVE A PRETTY LENGTHY LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT ARE IN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT WOULD INCLUDE EVERYBODY INCLUDING OUR OWN WATER AND WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT, TELECOM COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FILES, ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE GOT CONTACT WITH. LICENSED BY THE CONTRACTORS, ALSO.

SLUSHER: OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU INCLUDE LIKE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN OR THE AVERAGE MOTORIST IN THE STAKEHOLDERS. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT TO BE FAIR TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, SEE IF THEY HAVE WAYS TO SEE IF IT CAN BE IMPROVED OR WORK BETTER. BUT I WOULD HANG VERY TOUGH ABOUT JUST WATERING ANYTHING DOWN WITHOUT A VERY GOOD REASON BECAUSE I THINK THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN ARE REALLY — REALLY WANT STRONGER, STRONGER PROTECTIONS OF THE — I GUESS ONE WAY TO PUT IT, BETTER PROTECTIONS OF — AGAINST LANE CLOSING, STREET CUTS AND THAT YOU GET STREETS THAT — THAT DON'T EVER GET BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION AFTER THESE COMPANIES CUT INTO THEM. AND I KNOW THAT — I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT. AND ALSO THAT WE ARE RESTRICTED QUITE A BIT BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AS TO WHAT THE CITY CAN DO. SO I — I LIKE THE APPROACH THAT YOU ALL ARE TAKING HERE. I WOULD SAY HANG TOUGH ON IT BECAUSE THE CITIZENS DO WANT MORE ACTION IN THIS AREA.

THANK YOU, WE WILL.

MAYOR GARCIA: FURTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM?

GOODMAN: I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. BUT ALONG THAT LINE, WORK ON — I THINK CONTACT SOME BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNERS ALL ALONG THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE HERE LATELY ALWAYS TORN UP.

[INAUDIBLE].

WE WILL ADD TO THAT THE LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS.

MAYOR GARCIA: FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BARBARA, MS. GORDON. AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO — MS. BROWN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING, CORRECT? MS. BROWN? EXCEPT FOR THE TIME CERTAIN ITEMS? IS THAT — AT THIS TIME, I — I WILL — WE WILL GO TO THE 6:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. THE FIRST ITEM, NUMBER 56, IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A VARIANCE REQUEST TO WAIVE DEDICATION OF DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AT MANOR ROAD. AND — AND I GUESS YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER, I'M DAVID WALKER WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT REVIEW DEPARTMENT HERE TO PRESENT ITEM NO. 56 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A VARIANCE REQUEST TO WAIVE DEDICATION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO FOLKS IN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN ON MANOR ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS VOICE STREAM WIRELESS, THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER IS VINCENT GERARD & ASSOCIATES. THE PROPOSAL IS TO CONSTRUCT A CELL PHONE TOWER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS ON ONE SITE THAT IS KNOWN LOCALLY AS JOE'S MOTORS, JOE'S USED CARS. THE SITE IS ABOUT 250 FEET DISTANT FROM FORT BRANCH TO BOGGY CREEK. THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE CREEK. IT'S NOT A BUILDING OR PARKING AREA. IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON FLOOD ELEVATIONS ON OTHER PROPERTIES. AND THE ONLY REASON THAT IT IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE THE SITE PLAN TRIGGERS A NEED TO DEDICATE THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AS DRAINAGE EASEMENT. THE — THE WATERSHED PROTECT REVIEW DEPARTMENT DOES NOT FORESEE ANY POTENTIAL NEED FOR DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY AND THEREFORE THE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THIS VARIANCE REQUEST BEING GRANTED. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS —

MAYOR GARCIA: WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON ITEM NO. 56. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, COUNCIL? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO WAIVE DEDICATION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. MOTION BY — MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. IS THERE A SECOND?

THOMAS: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE WILL GO TO ITEM NO. 57. THIS IS FOUR DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARINGS, CORRECT? I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THE FIRST ONE IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF THE FOLLOWING ANNEXATION AREA: NALLE TRACT, APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET WEST OF CAPITAL OF TEXAS HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF CAPITAL OF TEXAS HIGHWAY AND PLAZA ON THE LAKE.

YES, SIR. THE NALLE TRACT IS PART OF A PROPOSED CONDOMINIUM PROJECT, THE BALANCE OF WHICH IS ALREADY IN THE CITY. IT'S A PENDING ZONING CASE ON THE PORTION THAT'S IN THE CITY AND A PENDING ZONING CASE ON THIS TRACT AS WELL. THE SERVICE PLAN ESSENTIALLY THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, PROVIDE ENHANCED AND ADDITIONAL SERVICE, NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNTY. BE PROVIDING SIMILAR TO COMPARABLE SIMILAR AREAS IN THE CITY. THE SERVICE PLANS ON THE TABLE TO MY RIGHT. AND THE NALLE TRACT IS RIGHT THERE. I HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF IT IN CASE YOU WANT TO SEE A MORE DETAILED SHOT OF IT. THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MAYOR GARCIA: DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WYNN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF 6 TO 0 TO 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH OUT OF TOWN. NOW FOR THE — IS THIS THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING?

NO, EXCUSE ME, SIR, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. THEN ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON MAY THE 9TH. A HEARING TONIGHT, A HEARING NEXT THURSDAY, THE 18TH. ACTION ON THE 9TH.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY.

THANKS FOR REMINDING ME TO POINT THAT OUT.

MAYOR GARCIA: THE NEXT ONE IS AVERY RANCH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 302 ACRES IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY NORTH OF AVERY RANCH BOULEVARD.

YES, SIR. THIS IS AVERY RANCH AREAS ARE BEING ANNEXED AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE AVERY RANCH LIMITED PURPOSE REGULATORY PLANS, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER IT WAS A FULL PURPOSE ANNEX WITH TRACTS BEING CONVERTED TO FULL PURPOSE STATUS AS THEY RECEIVE FINAL PLAT APPROVAL. THEY HAVE ASKED THAT THESE PLATS, RECENTLY RECEIVED WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] FOR FULL PURPOSES. THE AREA IS COMPRISED OF A GOLF COURSE, ABOUT 176 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AGAIN THE [INAUDIBLE] WILL TAKE OVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, PROVIDE SERVICES NOT AVAILABLE [INAUDIBLE] COMPARABLE TO SIMILAR AREAS IN THE BALANCE OF THE CITY AGAIN, SERVICE PLANS ARE ON THE TABLE TO MY RIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 18TH AND ACTION TAKEN ON MAY THE 9TH.

MAYOR GARCIA: QUESTIONS ON THE AVERY RANCH? I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN HANDLED VERY WELL. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

GOODMAN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. PIONEER CROSSING APPROXIMATELY 140 ACRES IN TRAVIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF GREGG LANE, APPROXIMATELY 6/10TH OF A MILE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF GREGG LANE AND CAMERON ROAD.

YES, SIR, PIONEER CROSSING IS PART OF A PROPOSED P.U.D. THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY NEIGHBORHOOD PLATTING AND ZONING. THE BALANCE OF THE P.U.D. IS ALREADY IN THE CITY. THIS IS THE LARGE PIONEER CROSSING TRACT THAT WAS ANNEXED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE AREA IS — HAS — THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING DEDICATION OF GREGG HOWARD LANE THROUGH THIS TRACT AND IN CASE — YOU KNOW, THAT'S — THAT REACHED YOU ALL, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT NPZ STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEDICATION OF HOWARD GREGG LANE, THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR PIONEER CROSSING ZONING CASE, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT, THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE DEDICATION. BUT — YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THERE'S BEEN NO FINAL ALIGNMENT, SO EXACTLY HOW THAT IS TO BE DONE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. ESSENTIALLY WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THIS ROAD WILL BE DEDICATED AS A CONDITION OF ZONING. AGAIN THE SERVICE PLANS ON MY RIGHT. THE SERVICE PLAN IN THIS CASE AGAIN ESSENTIALLY, WE TAKE OVER FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND ENHANCED SERVICES, NOT AVAILABLE FOR TRAVIS COUNTY AND PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE SIMILAR TO — TO SIMILAR — COMPARABLE TO SIMILAR AREAS IN THE BALANCE OF THE CITY. NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. WITH ACTION — ACTION SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE 9TH.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IT'S NOT JO SCHMOKETELLI BUT IT IS RICHARD SUTTLE. IS MR. SUTTLE HERE? CALLING RICHARD SUTTLE! [ LAUGHTER ]. HE SAYS PLEASE MAKE PROVISIONS FOR HOWARD LANE EXTENSION TO SH130. AND HE'S — I STILL RECOGNIZE YOUR HANDWRITING ON THAT SHMOKETELLI CARD THAT YOU SUBMITTED.

MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS RICHARD SUTTLE, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LYNNHAM CORPORATION, THEY OWN PROPERTY OUT IN THIS AREA, NOT IN THE CITY BUT SURROUNDING THE HARRIS BRANCH P.U.D. THE CORPORATION HAS BEEN INVOLVED FOR A LONG TIME TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT HOWARD LANE IS — IS EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO SH 130. IN THE HARRIS BRANCH EXPERIENCE WE HAVE FOUND IF YOU DON'T COME IN EARLY, START TALKING ABOUT IT, MAKE PROVISIONS FOR IT, YOU GET BEHIND THE 8 BALL AND IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT. TONIGHT YOU ARE HAVING A HEARING ON ANNEXATION OF PIONEER CROSSING AND IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HOWARD LANE, THE EXTENSION OF HOWARD LANE MAY START VEERING FROM ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION OPINE NEAR CROSSING. AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT. IF WE ARE IN HERE LATER SAYING WE NEED TO DO SOME THINGS TO MAKE SURE HOWARD GOATS 130 THAT NOBODY CAN ACCUSE OF COMING IN AT THE 11TH HOUR. TONIGHT WE ARE JUST HERE TO TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL ROAD. AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY AND THE LANDOWNERS IN THE AREA CAN MAKE A PROVISION FOR THE EXTENSION OF IT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. SUTTLE. THAT'S ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION — [INAUDIBLE]

YOU DID. I DON'T HAVE IT, BUT WHY DON'T YOU COME UP.

MY WIFE AND I BOTH TURNED IN CARDS, SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME HER TIME, WHICH I HOPE I WON'T HAVE TO USE. IT'S JACK [INAUDIBLE].

MAYOR GARCIA: I THINK THEY MAY HAVE PUT YOU ON ITEM 59.

OH, PROBABLY DIDN'T WRITE VERY CLEARLY.

MAYOR GARCIA: WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

JACK GULLAHORN.

MAYOR GARCIA: GO AHEAD YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. YOUR WIFE GAVE YOU THREE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO — TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF THE PIONEER CROSSING LAND FOR THAT P.U.D. MY NAME AS I SAID IS JACK GULLAHORN, MY WIFE PATTI AND I HAVE LIVED ON LANDS THAT NOW CORNERS CAMERON ROAD OR WILL SHOULDN'T BE HARRIS BRANCH PARKWAY AND GREGG LANE. THE LAND PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED IN THIS ANNEXATION THAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING TONIGHT WILL HAVE AS ITS NORTHERN BOUNDARY OUR STREET, GREGG LANE. WHICH IS A NARROW, TWO-LANE COUNTY ROAD. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE GREGG LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WHICH WAS FORMED BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS IMPACT THAT OUR AREA IS EXPERIENCING FROM DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THIS PROJECT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FALL INTO THE CITY'S PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT ZONE. OUR CONCERN AND REASON FOR ATTENDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS TO ASK FOR YOUR STRICT ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS BEING CREATED BY DEVELOPMENT — PROBLEMS BEING CREATED BY DEVELOPMENT IN OUR AREA AND TO ASK YOU TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT RESULTS IN THE SUPERIOR DEVELOPMENT, THE CODE ENVISIONS FOR A P.U.D. SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE TWO OVERARCHING REQUESTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO YOU TONIGHT, FIRST THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT THE STAFF TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, INCLUDING COLLABORATIVELY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF GREGG HOWARD LANE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO RUN DOWN GREGG LANE AND CUT THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT, WILL BE DEDICATED, ACQUIRED IN THE FISCAL POSTED FOR IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS REQUEST, I ASK AND URGE YOU TO DIRECT THE STAFF TO MAKE THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND NOT BE PUT OFF UNTIL TIME OF FINAL PLAT, WHICH AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE HARRIS BRANCH INSTANCE MAY NEVER OCCUR. SECONDLY WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER PUTTING OFF THE FINAL APPROVAL CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR MAY 9 UNTIL THE ZONING PROCESS HAS CAUGHT UP WITH THE ANNEXATION. WHILE I'M TOLD IT MAY NOT BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO HAVE THE ANNEXATION — WHILE IT MAY BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO HAVE THE ANNEXATION GO FORWARD WITHOUT THE ZONING, I'M CERTAINLY NOT A DEVELOPMENT LAWYER AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. BUT I'M HESITANT FOR THE CITY TO GIVE UP ANY POSSIBLE LEVERAGE IT MAY HAVE IN NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A HELP TO THE TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR AREA INSTEAD OF A HINDRANCE. MY REMAINING TIME, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THESE POINTS, WHEN MY TIME IS UP I HOPE YOU WON'T HESITATE TO ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. THE EXTENSION OF HOWARD GREGG LANE IS CRITICAL TO OUR AREA, THIS PROJECT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT TONIGHT ADDS 710 UNITS TO 136 ACRE AREA WHICH BORDERS GREGG LANE, THAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION TONIGHT. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER PROJECT, ABOUT WHICH WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, GREGG LANE, OUR LITTLE STREET, FACES A MINIMUM OF AN ADDITIONAL 20 TO 25,000 TRIPS PER DAY AT A MINIMUM. NOW, IF YOU ADD TO THIS THE ADDITIONAL 150,000 TRIPS PER DAY THAT YOUR STAFF HAS ESTIMATED THAT HARRIS BRANCH IS GOING TO ADD BETWEEN PARMER LANE AND GREGG LANE, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE IN DISTANCE, YOU HAVE A TRUE NIGHTMARE IN THE MAKING. A FEW GRIDLOCK. THE COUNTY HAS INDICATED THAT IT IS ANXIOUS TO BEGIN PLANNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF GREGG HOWARD TO DESSAU ROAD WHERE IT NOW STOPS ALL THE WAY THROUGH 130 AND PAST 130. THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO BE ACQUIRED FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CRITICAL IN MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD. SPECIALLY TO AVOID RUNNING INTO A BLOCKADE LIKE WE KIND OF RUN INTO AT HARRIS BRANCH. FINALLY, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEVELOPER FOR PIONEER CROSSING. HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO BE COOPERATING IN DONATING THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND I BELIEVE IN BUILDING THIS ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN AT THEIR WORD, WHEN I CERTAINLY INTEND TO DO. HOWEVER I THINK THAT WE WILL ALL BE WELL SERVED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE CITY TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO FALSE AT THE SAME TIME THIS RESULT. AGAIN I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. ALSO TO APPEARING BEFORE YOU ON THE HARRIS BRANCH APPEAL ON THE VERY ISSUE OF EXTENSION OF HOWARD LANE NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS [INAUDIBLE - NO MIC] WORKS ITS WAY EAST.

MAYOR GARCIA: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

GOODMAN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. BEAR LAKE P.U.D., APPROXIMATELY 117 ACRES IN HAYS COUNTY, EAST OF F.M. 1826, AND APPROXIMATELY 8/10THS OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF F.M. 1826 AND SH 45. AGAIN NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS ITEM TODAY.

THIS IS A — MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS BEAR LAKE P.U.D. THIS IS PART OF THE PROPOSED BEAR LAKE P.U.D. CASE COMING UNDER REVIEW BY NPZ. THE BALANCE OF THE PROPOSED P.U.D. IS ALREADY IN THE CITY. ESSENTIALLY THE SERVICE PLAN, THE CITY WILL TAKE OVER FROM HAYS COUNTY. WE WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ENHANCED SERVICES NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE IN HAYS COUNTY WE WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICE LEVEL COMPARABLE TO SIMILAR AREAS IN THE — SIMILAR AREAS IN THE BALANCE OF THE CITY. AGAIN THE SERVICE PLAN IS ON THE TABLE TO MY RIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING, NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE SECOND HEARING. ACTION IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE 9TH.

MAYOR GARCIA: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, COUNCIL? THIS ONE IS COMING BY ITSELF, CORRECT? NOT WITH THE REST OF THE STRATUS PROPERTY.

RIGHT, WE ARE NOT ZONING ANYTHING NOW. WE ARE JUST ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY TO THE CITY SO IT CAN BE PROCESSED WITH THE — WITH THE ZONING CASE.

MAYOR GARCIA: BUT WE ARE NOT ANNEXING, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO ANNEX THE REST OF THE STRATUS PROPERTY?

THE REST OF IT ALREADY IS IN THE CITY.

MAYOR GARCIA: IT'S ALREADY IN. OKAY. QUESTIONS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

GOODMAN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, NO. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

I'M NOT DONE.

MAYOR GARCIA: YOU HAVE MORE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

MAYOR GARCIA: HERE WE GO.

MAYOR GARCIA: ITEM NO. 58 IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION, COLTON BLUFF SMART HOUSING TRACT, APPROXIMATELY 120 ACRES LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLTON BLUFF SPRINGS ROAD AND MCKINNEY FALLS HIGHWAY.

YES, SIR. THIS IS A PROPOSED SMART HOUSING PROJECT. THE DEVELOPERS REQUEST ANNEXATION SO THEY — SO THAT PROPERTY CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR SMART HOUSING INCENTIVES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES. I'M WORKING THEM ALL OUT. WE ARE JUST GOING FORWARD. FIRST THIS IS — THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING, NEXT YEAR SECOND HEARING, ACTUALLY MAY 9TH. AGAIN THE SERVICE PLAN WILL BE TAKING OVER FROM TRAVIS COUNTY IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AND ENHANCED SERVICE NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. WE WILL BE PROVIDING SERVICE AT A LEVEL COMPARABLE TO SIMILAR AREAS IN THE BALANCE OF THE CITY. THE SERVICE PLANS ARE ON THE TABLE TO MY RIGHT. AGAIN FIRST HEARING NEXT WEEK, THE OTHER HEARING AND ACTION ON MAY THE 9TH. REV.

MAYOR GARCIA: I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ONE. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

GOODMAN: SO MOVE.

THOMAS: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WILL NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS ON AN ORDER ANSWER AMENDING SECTION 16-5-22 AND 16-5-98 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO PARKING IN FRONT OR SIDE — IN A FRONT OR SIDE YARD OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AGAIN NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THIS TONIGHT. STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE? ANY AT ALL? CITY MANAGER?

WE HAVE STAFF FROM CITY LEGAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND ZONING AND A.P.D. THAT WILL JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT IT PROVIDES. WE HAVE DEBORAH THOMAS WITH THE CITY'S LEGAL OFFICE.

THOMAS: EXCUSE ME, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS.

THOMAS: IF YOU DON'T MIND, MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT LINDA DALY IS GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS SUPPORTING THE — THE LAWN PARKING ORDINANCE. ALONG WITH STAFF.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS LINDA DALY, I'M THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANCE TO COUNCILMEMBER DANNY THOMAS, I WANTED TO JUST DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THE ORDINANCE, HIGHLIGHTS REGARDING THE ORDINANCE, WHAT IT DOES AND DOESN'T DO. THEN THE CITY LEGAL, DEBORAH THOMAS WILL REVIEW THE LEGAL DETAILS OF THE ORDINANCE. PRIMARILY, THE WAY THAT THIS ORDINANCE, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORIGINATED WAS THERE WERE SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPROACHED COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS REQUESTING HIS ASSISTANCE IN GIVING THEM SOME TOOLS IN WHICH TO UTILIZE THE HELP TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND THEIR AESTHETICS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE WAS A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY OUR CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT FOR THE PUBLIC PROCESS. TO BEGIN. THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL WAS THE FIRST GROUP TO LOOK AT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. WHAT THEY DID WAS MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON IT BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE, FEW STICKING POINTS ON WHICH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH AN IMPASSE. AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF LACK OF PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROCESS, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THEN WENT TO THE PUBLIC VIA THE COMMANDER'S FORUMS. AFTER IT HAD COMPLETED ALL OF THE COMMANDERS FORUMS, THAT WAS ABOUT A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH PROCESS, THEN IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED IT, MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND MOVED TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE VOTE OF 7 TO 1. BECAUSE THE PARKING ORDINANCES, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, THE MATTER FALLS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A.P.D. THERE ARE REQUESTS THAT POLICE PROCEDURES BE ADDED INTO THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT THAT METHOD COULD POTENTIALLY VIOLATE THE CITY CHARTER REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S GOVERNING AUTHORITY. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO THE PROCEDURE. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD FALL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT. AND TO HELP CLARIFY THAT, THAT'S WHY THOSE QUESTIONS WERE RESOLVED WITH THAT. THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO PROHIBIT THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE FRONT YARDS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERN WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD APPLY TO BOATS AND OTHER — OTHER VEHICLES THAT REQUIRE TOWING AND IT DOES NOT. IT'S ONLY MOTOR VEHICLES. THERE'S A MAP THAT WE RECOMMENDED THAT WOULD AFFECT THE ORDINANCE IF ADOPTED WHICH DEFINES THE APPLICABLE AREAS FOR A.P.D. TO ENFORCE. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION WHETHER TO USE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS OTHERS. AFTER LOOKING AT THE COMPLEX ISSUES OF ENFORCEMENT, OPTING IN AND CITIZEN INPUT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT METHOD FOR OPTING IN WAS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. THIS MAP THAT'S — — THAT'S HERE, LET ME JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER HOW THIS MAP IS SET UP. THE LINES IN RED SEPARATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS. THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTED AREAS ARE THE AREAS WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHERE WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THE — FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THIS ORDINANCE TO APPLY TO THEIR AREA. THIS IS I-35, HERE. THAT TRAVELS ALONG HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WANT THIS ORDINANCE TO APPLY TO THEIR AREAS, MOST OF THEM FALL WEST OF I-35. AND AGAIN, THESE RED LINES DETERMINE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS ARE. AS YOU CAN SEE FOR INSTANCE THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION OF FAR SOUTH AUSTIN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, IT FALLS WITHIN A FEW PLANNING AREAS HERE. IT FALLS WITHIN SOUTH MANCHACA, WEST CONGRESS AND THE EAST CONGRESS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS. IN ADDITION, TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE MLK-183 PLANNING AREAS HERE. AND WITHIN IT, YOU HAVE THREE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION, WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM, WHICH WANT THIS ORDINANCE TO APPLY, WHICH IS TRUMAN HEIGHTS, STONEGATE AND [INAUDIBLE] PARK. THOSE ARE SMALL PORTIONS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA. WHAT THE ORDINANCE DOES DO, IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS CAN OPT INTO. IT DOES GIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THE TOOLS THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE TO HELP PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES AND MAINTAIN AESTHETICS WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINT BASED SYSTEM THAT INITIATES TWO ORAL WARNINGS PRIOR TO A CITATION BEING ISSUED. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREAS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THE ORDINANCE OR WHO HAVE NOT OPTED IN. IT DOES NOT CREATE A $40 PER DAY PENALTY. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE HOMEOWNERS TO INSTALL CEMENT OR GRAVEL DRIVEWAYS. IT DOES NOT TAKE MORE OFFICERS OFF THE STREETS AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF. THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF MY PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DEBORAH THOMAS TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE FOR YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: QUESTIONS? FOR MS. DAILY? LINDA? OKAY. MS. THOMAS.

GOOD EVENING, DEBORAH THOMAS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN LAW DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE WITH YOU. MS. DAILY BASICALLY DID MY JOB IN HER PRESENTATION. BUT I WILL JUST QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THE ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE AS SHE SAID IS APPLICABLE WITH — IF IT'S ADOPTED WOULD BE APPLICABLE IN THESE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP AND THERE'S ALSO A LIST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREAS ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE. THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS. THE ORDINANCE WOULD NOT APPLY TO A LOT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CURB CUT. OR TO A LOT THAT BASICALLY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE A DRIVEWAY. IF THERE'S LESS THAN 20 FEET BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THAT — AND THE HOUSE BASICALLY. IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE A DRIVEWAY, THEN THIS ORDINANCE WOULDN'T APPLY TO THEM. THE ORDINANCE GOES TO GIVE DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS THAT ARE IN THIS ORDINANCE. THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE PROBABLY BEING THAT A DRIVEWAY MEANS A PERMANENT HARD SURFACE OR GRADED GRAVEL AREA PROVIDING VEHICULAR ACCESS BETWEEN THE STREET AND OFF STREET PARKING AREA. DRIVEWAY INCLUDES CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY AND A PERMANENT HARD SURFACE FOR GRAVEL, GRADED GRAVEL AREA ADJACENT TO A DRIVEWAY OR AN AREA THAT IS ADJACENT TO A CURB CUT. THE NEXT PROVISION IS THE HEART OF THE ORDINANCE, IT TELLS THAT YOU A PERSON MAY NOT PARK A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THE FRONT OR SIDE YARD OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY EXCEPT IN A DRIVEWAY. THE ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES A — A SECTION THAT — THAT TALKS ABOUT THE — AMENDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE. A PERSON WHO LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA CAN REQUEST COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AMENDING MAP AND THE LIST TO EITHER INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA. TO DO THAT YOU WOULD FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE CITY, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE WITH THAT APPLICATION A PETITION SIGNED BY 10%, AT LEAST 10% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA. THE APPLICATION WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL WOULD THEN CONSIDER OF COURSE AND MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED FROM THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE. NOTICE — WE HAVE ADDED A NOTICE REQUIREMENT, THAT WASN'T INCLUDED WHEN THE DRAFT WAS FIRST — FIRST CONCEIVED. COUNCILMEMBERS OFFICE ASKED THAT A NOTICE REQUIREMENT BE ADDED. AND JUST TO — TO PREVENT — TO AVOID HAVING THE COUNCIL CONSIDER THESE AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCILMEMBER THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO LIMIT THIS TO ONE TIME A YEAR THE COUNCIL WOULD DETERMINE WHEN THEY WOULD CONSIDER THESE AMENDMENT REQUESTS FROM THE CITIZENS. OF COURSE THE COUNCIL COULD PUT AN ITEM ON AT ANY TIME THEY WANTED BUT THE REQUEST FROM THE CITIZENS WOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED ONCE A YEAR AT A TIME DETERMINED BY COUNCIL. THE FINE FOR VIOLATING THE ORDINANCE IS A $40 STANDARD FEE, BUT IF YOU PAID THE EARLY PAYMENT FINE IT WOULD BE $20. THE POLICE CHIEF, POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE AND THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT THEY ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

MAYOR GARCIA: ONE QUICK QUESTION, MS. THOMAS. SECTION E-2 TALKS ABOUT — ABOUT THE OPT IN PROVISION. IT SAYS THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT IS SIGNED BY AT LEAST 10% OF THE OWNERS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WHAT — HOW DID THAT 10% — WHO ARRIVED AT THAT 10%? HOW WAS IT ARRIVED AT?

I BELIEVE THE COUNCILMEMBERS' OFFICE THOUGHT THAT 10% SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN DOING THIS. BUT DID NOT MAKE THE NUMBERS SO HIGH THAT — THAT THE GROUP INTERESTED IN BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL COULDN'T ACTUALLY GET IT TO COUNCIL. AT LEAST WITH 10% YOU KNEW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE INTERESTED, BUT IT WASN'T PROHIBITIVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: BUT THAT MEANS THAT THE MINORITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD RULE OVER THE MAJORITY?

NO. I JUST MEANS WITH THE 10%, THE PEOPLE — THE GROUP WHAT WANTS TO HAVE THIS CONSIDERED COULD GET IT BEFORE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL COULD THEN CONSIDER THE ISSUE AND MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

MAYOR GARCIA: THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO DIED?

THE COUNCIL MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.

MAYOR GARCIA: OF WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD IS —

IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPLICABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR NOT.

ALVAREZ: [INAUDIBLE - NO MIC] ON THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE ORDINANCE, SETS A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN INCLUSION OR FOR APPLICABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE. SO I AM WONDERING, I GUESS, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE TABLE HERE THAT HAS MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS THAT ARE THERE ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, WHY IS — SEEMS LIKE THERE'S — YOU KNOW, NOT THE SAME KINDS OF PROCESS FOR THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF MS. DAILY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA FOR WHICH ONES ARE INCLUDED AND WHICH ONES ARE EXCLUDED?

THE CRITERIA FOR THE ONES THAT WERE INCLUDED WAS PRIMARILY WE ASKED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THEMSELVES TO HOLD A MEETING AND DETERMINE WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES WHETHER OR NOT THE MEMBERS OF THAT — OF THAT AREA WERE WANTING THIS TO APPLY TO THEIR AREA. AND AFTER THEY HAD DONE THAT, THEY WERE TO SEND THAT WRITTEN CONFIRMATION TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS ORDINANCE APPLY SO THEIR AREA, ALSO WANTING TO BE INCLUDED IN — IN SOMETHING LIKE A MAP TO ACCOMPANY THE ORDINANCE. THE REASON WHY THE 10% PROVISION WAS ADDED WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE PETITIONING COUNCIL TO BE ADDED TO THE MAP BECAUSE FRANKLY WE HAVE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM ABOUT 50 OR SO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WANTED TO APPLY. WE RECEIVED WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM TWO THAT DON'T. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A PROVISION AFTER THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED THAT WILL ALLOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN BEING INCLUDED OR THE ONES WHO MIGHT DETERMINE IN A FEW YEARS THEY DON'T NEED IT OR DON'T WANT IT TO APPLY, THEN IT GIVES THEM A MECHANISM FOR BEING EXCLUDED.

ALVAREZ: BUT I GUESS THE SAME CONCERN OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T BRING YOU 10% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON A PETITION THEN APPLIES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS AS WELL BECAUSE IT COULD BE JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING WE WANT THIS TO APPLY IN THIS VERY LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

WELL, ONE OF THE — THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO IS — THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD — THE ELECTED NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS AND THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATIONS. REPRESENTING THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WHAT THE ORDINANCE DOES IS SAYS ANY PROPERTY OWNER THAT LIVES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAN PETITION COUNCIL TO BE ADDED. IT DOES NOT JUST RESTRICT IT TO THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP OF THOSE ASSOCIATIONS.

ALVAREZ: I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I THINK — I MEAN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE ARE TREATING — THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT HAVE BEEN VOCAL ON THIS ISSUE NOW DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. AFTER THIS ORDINANCE PASSES WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 10% PETITION PROCESS, SO I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT IT IN TERMS OF CONSISTENCY OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS MEETING THE SAME THRESHOLD CRITERIA. NOW, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS THERE, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF — NORTHEAST, AND NOW IN THIS MAP, THE DARK GREEN REPRESENTS THOSE THAT HAVE REQUESTED FOR BE INCLUDED?

ACTUALLY, THE DARK GREEN AND THE LIGHT GREEN REPRESENT —

ALVAREZ: BOTH.

BOTH. AND THE REASON WHY IT — WHY THIS MAP LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED THE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DESIGNATION DIFFERS FROM THE PLANNING AREA DESIGNATION. AND TO SEE HOW IT AFFECTS — IF WE UTILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MODEL. HOW THAT DIFFERS FROM UTILIZING THE PLANNING MODEL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM MODEL. AND AGAIN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF — OF HERE WHERE THIS IS THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA IN RED, BUT THE AREA WHERE THEY WANT THE ORDINANCE TO APPLY IS IN THE — IS IN THE GREEN. THE LIGHT GREEN STRIPES, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT ALSO WANTED TO APPLY, BUT IT KIND OF HELPS TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THOSE DIVIDING LINES ARE.

ALVAREZ: OKAY. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS SOME OF THE OUTREACH WAS DONE THROUGH THE COMMANDER'S FORUM.

FIRST, IT WENT THROUGH THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD'S COUNCIL. THEY HELD MEETINGS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WE WERE GETTING WORD BACK THAT THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF CONTROVERSY IN THOSE MEETINGS, STICKING POINTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY CITY-WIDE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE AN OPT IN OR AN OPT OUT, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES WHERE THEY COULDN'T REACH AN IMPASSE. WE ALSO RECEIVED WORD THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE A.N.C. MEETINGS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS HAD AS PUBLIC OF A PROCESS AVAILABLE. WE KNEW THERE WERE OTHER AVENUES TO US WHICH WERE THE COMMANDER'S FORUMS, WHERE PEOPLE WERE PARTICIPATING, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AND PROVIDE INPUT.

ALVAREZ: SO A.N.C. COULDN'T COME UP WITH A CONSENSUS, I SUPPOSE ON THE ISSUE.

EXACTLY.

ALVAREZ: SO WE WENT THE ROUTE OF THE COMMANDER'S FORUMS.

EXACTLY.

ALVAREZ: WHY WAS THAT DEEMED TO BE AN APPROPRIATE VENUE TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.

OF THAT ANOTHER VENUE THAT WAS OPEN TO US FROM THE CITY, ANOTHER SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE COULD UTILIZE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.

ALVAREZ: AND IS THERE A — FIRST OF ALL, I GUESS, WHAT — SO THAT WHO PRESENTED AT THESE MEETINGS AND HOW WERE THESE ISSUES I GUESS EXPLAINED —

STAFF PRESENTED AT THOSE MEETINGS.

ALVAREZ: WHAT EXACTLY WAS PRESENTED?

ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S 6 DIFFERENT SECTORS IN THE CITY. EACH SECTOR HAS ITS OWN COMMANDER'S FORUM, AT THESE FORUMS, THE COMMANDER HIMSELF WOULD PRESENT BASICALLY WHAT THE DRAFT OF THE BILL WAS AND HOW WE WOULD ENFORCE IT. ALONG AT THE MEETING WAS OUR AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY — OUR LEGAL ADVISOR AND HE WOULD PRESENT THE — THE LEGAL POINTS TO THE — TO THE DRAFT.

ALVAREZ: SO I GUESS WHAT WAS — SINCE IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTING THIS, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE OF THE POLICE I GUESS THE COMMANDERS, I GUESS, THAT THEY WERE USING TO SAY WELL THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, BUT WHAT — WHAT PARTICULAR ISSUE — YOU KNOW, THAT THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS, I MEAN — IS THAT HOW IT WAS PRESENTED? THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE THAT THE POLICE WANT TO ADDRESS OR WAS IT JUST PRESENTED AS A PROPOSAL FROM —

NO, BASICALLY —

ALVAREZ: FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OR NEIGHBORHOODS OR —

NO. BASICALLY IT WAS JUST A PROPOSAL, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL, IT HAS COME TO US, WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, HOW WE WOULD POSSIBLY ENFORCE IT. AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE PRESENTED TO IS THE COMMUNITY.

ALVAREZ: AND I GUESS FINALLY, IS THERE A RECORD OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE PARTICIPANTS IN THESE FORUMS OR —

WE — WE BASICALLY IT'S A VERY LIKE A STRAW POLL AND ONE THING THAT WE NOTICED THAT THESE — AT THESE COMMANDER'S FORUMS WAS, NUMBER ONE, IT WAS, VERY, VERY CONTROVERSIAL. NUMBER TWO, YOU HAD PRETTY CLOSE EQUALLY THOSE THAT WERE FOR IT AND THOSE THAT WERE AGAINST IT.

ALVAREZ: OKAY. THANKS.

THANK YOU.

WYNN: MAYOR?

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER WYNN.

WYNN: WHILE THE CHIEF IS STILL HERE, CHIEF? BASED ON — WAS THE INITIAL [INAUDIBLE] OF THE OPT IN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COPS IN THE FIELD JUST RECOGNIZING WHETHER HE'S IN ONE OF THE AREAS OR NOT? WHAT'S —

WE HAVE ORDINANCES ALREADY THAT ADDRESS OPEN CONTAINER, ALCOHOL, AND — AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT — THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS. SO — SO WE HAVE DONE IT ONCE AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE CAN DO IT AGAIN, JUST AS LONG AS WE HAVE DEFINITE BOUNDARIES, WHERE WE CAN ENFORCE THIS. SO, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE DOING THIS ALREADY. AND IN REGARDS TO OPEN CONTAINER AND ALCOHOL LAWS.

WYNN: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I GUESS THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR MS. — MS. DAILY. WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, IS IT — IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT ALL OF THE AREAS THAT ARE COLORED, THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE — HAVE ELECTED NOT TO OPT IN OR ON SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WAS THERE A — THE FORUM PRESENT OR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS DIDN'T HAVE VOTES OR SOMETHING OR WERE THAT MANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SPECIFICALLY OPTING OUT?

THERE — WE RECEIVED WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO IT. THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T SEE MORE COLORED IN GREEN ARE SEVERAL REASONS. ONE, WE RECEIVED AN ORAL, ORAL NOTIFICATION TO OUR OFFICE STATING THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, IF WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT IN WRITING, WE CANNOT ADD THEM TO THE MAP. THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AT ALL. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO WE DID NOT ADD THEM. WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR PLANNING PROCESS, I BELIEVE THEY INITIALLY HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THEIR PLAN. HOWEVER WE DID NOT HAVE THE ORDINANCE WHICH IT COULD BE ENFORCED BY BEFORE IT WAS ACTUALLY REMOVED. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY APPLY TO THEM. I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE MILLWOOD, LIKE METZA, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST PROBABLY SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN WHICH THEY HAVE NOTIFIED US THAT THEIR ASSOCIATIONS HAVE TAKEN A VOTE, THEY WANTED TO BE INCLUDED. WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING.

WYNN: OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR?

MAYOR GARCIA: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM STAFF?

GOODMAN: MAYOR?

MAYOR GARCIA: MAYOR PRO TEM?

GOODMAN: LET ME ASK LINDA. IS THIS THE ONLY MAP THAT WE HAVE OF THIS? DO WE HAVE A WAY TO LET US GET A SMALLER HOLDABLE MAP THAT SHOWS THE STREETS A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY FOR THOSE OF US WHOSE EYES ARE HAVING TROUBLE.

CERTAINLY, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT, I WILL CERTAINLY GET YOU A COPY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. I KNOW THAT IT WENT THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES ON ITS WAY HERE. WAS THERE EVER A CONVERSATION ABOUT QUALIFYING OR LAYING OUT SOME CRITERIA FOR WHAT, IN FACT, WOULD BE THE VIOLATION OF SIMPLY PARKING ON THE GRASS? LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. SOMETIMES, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW OF DIFFERENT FAMILIES WHERE THE MOTHER AND FATHER EACH HAVE A CAR, THE TEENAGER NOW HAS A CAR, AND PERHAPS SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW ARE VISITING OR EVEN GRANDMA AND GRANDPA. AND IN A TYPICAL SUBURBAN DRIVEWAY, THERE'S MAYBE ROOM FOR FOUR AND IN THIS CASE YOU MAYBE HAVE A TRUCK THAT TAKES UP A LITTLE LONGER. SO I KNOW THIS IS REAL SPECIFIC. BUT ACTUALLY I HAVE SEEN VERSIONS OF THIS THAT ARE FEASIBLE. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME KIND OF SITUATION AS SOME OF THE PICKS THAT WE SAW IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT LOOKED ALMOST LIKE A CAR LOT IN THE FRONT. BUT IT IS, ACCORDING TO THIS ORDINANCE, I THINK, IF GRANDMA OR GRANDPA CURBED INTO THE FRONT CAR AND IN TYPICAL SUBDIVISION LOTS I DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM IN THE SIDE YARD, THEIR HOMES ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION. SO IF SOMEBODY WAS MAD AT MOM AND POP AND THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN GRANDMA AND GRANDPA CAME TO VISIT TO CALL IN A COMPLAINT ON THAT, THERE'S NO REAL QUALIFICATION HERE ABOUT WHETHER A PERMANENT SITUATION AND AN EXTREME SITUATION IS WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET AT. IT JUST SEEMS REALLY SIMPLISTIC AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN A ONE-TIME — SOMEBODY IS ANGRY AT YOU OR ARE LOOKING FOR — FOR SOME WAY TO RELIEVE SORT OF STEAM FROM THE DAY OR SOMETHING. THAT EVEN A TEMPORARY INFRINGEMENT FITS INTO THIS. IT COULD BE FINE, BUT IF SOMEBODY CAME OUT AND SAW IT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT. SO WAS THERE NO CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS?

THERE ACTUALLY WAS. THERE WAS — THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION, FORTUNATELY, REGARDING THAT. AND LET'S SEE. THAT WOULD BE — PART — UNDER PART 1, D. WHERE IT'S VERY DESCRIPTIVE OF THE — OF THE 50% OF THE AVERAGE WIDTH OF THE LOT. WE WANTED TO — FOR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE — WHO DID NOT HAVE CEMENT OR GRAVEL DRIVEWAYS ANOTHER WHO HAD MULTIPLE VEHICLES WHERE THEY MIGHT BE — COULDN'T ALL FIT ON A SEEM OR GRAVEL DRIVEWAY, WE WANTED TO ADD A PROVISION IN HERE THAT WILL GIVE THEM SOME MORE ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR THAT VERY THING. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT PROVISION SOMEWHAT HELPS, ALSO. OKAY. AND — AND — DEBORAH WILL ADD TO THAT, THE LEGAL OPINION. THE OTHER — THE OTHER ISSUE THAT COMES TO MIND IS THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES BY A.P.D. BECAUSE IT IS TWO VERBAL OR ORAL WARNINGS BEFORE THE WRITTEN CITATION IS ISSUED, THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WILL ESTABLISH A FILE ON EACH RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS SO THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW UP, THEY CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME. SO IF IT WAS A VISITOR THAT HAPPENED TO BE THERE, THEY WILL KNOW THAT WHEN THEY GO AND FOLLOW UP ON IT. IF THEY RECEIVE A SECOND COMPLAINT. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING HOLIDAYS OR — FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE WASHING THEIR CAR ON THE LAWN AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT WAS A DIFFICULT ISSUE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THEN, OKAY, WHICH HOLIDAYS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT EVERY HOLIDAY. SOMEONE CAN JUST SAY THIS WAS A HOLIDAY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DIFFICULT AND EXTREMELY CONFUSING TO ENFORCE. THE OTHER ISSUE WAS — WAS — LET'S SEE THE CAR WASHING. IF — IF AN A.P.D. OFFICER WENT AND TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY BASICALLY SAID, WELL, I'M WASHING MY CAR, IT DOESN'T — THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. IT COULD — IT COULD CONTRADICT THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DETERMINE, OKAY, IF THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN WASHING THE CAR, ARE WE GOING TO ALLOT SOME SPECIFIC HOURS IN WHICH WASHING THE CAR WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN IT OR IT JUST PRESENTED A LOT MORE CONFUSION. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED IT TO BE AS CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE. AND WE DIDN'T GO INTO THOSE AREAS. BUT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THOSE ISSUES.

GOODMAN: WELL, OKAY, BUT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IT WASN'T SIMPLER AND MORE SELF EXPLANATORY TO USE WORDS LIKE — I CAN'T THINK OF A GOOD PHRASEOLOGY RIGHT NOW, BUT BEYOND A REASONABLE — BEYOND A REASONABLY TEMPORARY USE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHEREAS EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT TO THE EXTENT THAT — THAT YOU ARE USING YOUR YARD AS A DRIVEWAY AND A PARKING LOT, AS OPPOSED TO WASHING YOUR CAR, AND THERE'S SOME LARGE LOTS, MORE RURAL LOTS AND PEOPLE WASH THEIR CARS ON THEIR GRASS AND ACTUALLY IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS THAT MIGHT EVEN BE A GOOD THING, AS LONG AS YOU ARE USING THE RIGHT KIND OF CLEANER BECAUSE YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE RECHARGE. SO I JUST WONDERED HOW COME WE DIDN'T JUST SAY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AS LONG-TERM ABUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE LOT TO THE — TO THE — AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

WELL, I GUESS TO TRY TO HELP US OUT, MY RESPONSE WOULD BE THAT WE WANTED A.P.D., WE FELT THAT THEY WERE VERY CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A LONG-TERM ABUSIVE SITUATION OR A ONE-TIME INCIDENT. THAT'S WHY IT HAS WITHIN THE PROCEDURES AND AGAIN SOMEONE HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE PROCEDURES, WELL, A FEW HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROCEDURES BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE. WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT A POSSIBILITY. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD DEFINED PROCEDURES TO BRING BEFORE YOU ALL, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE KNEW WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD BE. AND — AND SO WHAT — WHAT — THAT INVESTIGATOR WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO — TO ASCERTAIN IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A ONE-TIME ISSUE OR WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS — THIS IS A VIOLATION. WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM OR TRY TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO KIND OF MICROMANAGE WHAT A.P.D. DOES TO ENFORCE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

GOODMAN: YEAH.

OKAY.

MAYOR GARCIA: FURTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ABOUT 36 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OR SIGNED UP WITH CARDS. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT SPEAKING. I WILL CALL ON EDITH BRIGHT. MS. BRIGHT? LAURIE RENTAREA DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT SHE'S REGISTERED AGAINST AND SHE SUBMITTED THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ TEAM'S RESOLUTION AND PETITIONS , OUR TEAM IS MEETING WITH TEXDOT TONIGHT ABOUT THE I-35 REBUILD, PLEASE KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN SO OUR TEAM AND OTHER RESIDENTS ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS NEW [INAUDIBLE] RULE CAN SPEAK AT THE MEETINGS LATER THIS MONTH. WE ARE NOT CLOSING ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.

OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME BACK THERE?

NOW I CAN.

YEAH, NOW.

EDITH BRIGHT. IS SHE HERE? OKAY. JOHN S. SCHAEFER. AND FOLLOWING MR. SCHAEFER IS TRUDY BRIEGER. MR. SCHAEFER, WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN L. SCHAEFER. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT EACH COUNCILMEMBER WITH 38 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS THAT WERE MADE. THANK YOU. NOT BEING ABLE TO PARK IN MY OWN YARD, MY OWN PROPERTY, YOU WOULD BE TAKING AWAY MY BEST TOOL THAT I NOW HAVE TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY. IF ONE WILL TAKE THE TAME TO READ THE DOCUMENTS, START WITH THE LAST PAGE FOR THE LATEST YESTERDAY. MOST BY CHANCE. YOU MAY UNDERSTAND WHY I NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARK IN MY YARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WAS A KNOCK ON MY DOOR. TO — TO A PERSON THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION OF THIS. AND I DO THINK THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAD VOTED FOR IT AND I KNEW NOTHING OF IT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. SCHAEFER. TRUDY BRIEGER, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS IN FAVOR OF IT. ESTELLE POWELL, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. I AM AGAINST PARKING IN FRONT YARDS. OSCAR C. POWELL, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, AND IS AGAINST PARKING IN FRONT LAWNS. BOBBIE HENLEY. MS. HENLEY AND FOLLOWING MS. HENLEY IS MR. WILLIAM HENLEY, I THINK, HE'S DONATING THE TIME TO MS. HENLEY SO HE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. SO YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR HEARING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPEAK ON THIS. MY NAME IS BOBBIE HENLEY, PRESIDENT OF MESA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IN DECEMBER, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO SUPPORT THE YARD PARKING ORDINANCE, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO NOT WANT THE ORDINANCE TO OPT OUT OF THE ORDINANCE. WE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT BY THE POLICE DISTRICTS OR SECTORS ON A — OR ON A NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS. THIS SEEMS FAIR TO ALL. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE ORDINANCE FOR THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OPPOSED TO THE ORDINANCE IN AREAS OF AUSTIN THAT DO WANT IT. WE DO BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SELF DETERMINATION AND THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS ARE AND WHAT GUIDELINES WE SHOULD USE FOR SELF DETERMINATION. IT'S NOT FAIR FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD OVER 15 MILES AWAY FROM US TO DETERMINE THE GUIDELINES WE WOULD BE USING FOR OUR OWN SELF DETERMINATION, NOR WOULD IT BE FAIR FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO DETERMINE WHAT ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS. MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR OVER 8 YEARS IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS — IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP KEEP THE RESIDENTS FROM PARKING THEIR VEHICLES ON THE LAWNS. OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS OR NOT ENFORCEABLE AND WE RELY ON CITY CODES FOR MANY OF THE NUISANCE ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT MAKES SENSE FOR A.P.D. TO ENFORCE THIS TRAFFIC ORDINANCE AS THEY ARE IN THE AREA ALL THE TIME AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR ALL OF THE OTHER CODES AS IT IS. OUR BOARD FEELS THIS ORDINANCE HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO HELP KEEP THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES TO ACCEPTABLE LIMITS AND WHAT IS — OF WHAT IS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO PARK AT EACH RESIDENCE. WE FEEL THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT ONLY HELP KEEP PROPERTIES LOOKING NICER, BUT IT WILL HELP KEEP THE VEGETATION AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY FROM CATCHING ON FIRE. WITH THE RECENT YEARS OF DROUGHT, WE HAVE OFTEN HEARD FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVING WARNINGS TO NOT PARK ON THE GRASS AS THE HOT VEHICLES CAN — CAN CAUSE A GRASS FIRE. MOST RESIDENTS REALIZE THAT OWNING AND DRIVING A VEHICLE IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT. THERE ARE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR DRIVING A VEHICLE AS WELL AS WHEN AND WHERE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND THAT IS PART OF THE PRIVILEGE. IT IS NOT A RIGHT TO PARK YOUR VEHICLES WHEREVER YOU WANT. IF THAT WERE TRUE, THERE WOULDN'T BE ALL KINDS OF RULES AND REGULATIONS SET UP FOR PARKING LOTS IN THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODES. IT ALSO WILL HELP KEEP A CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE TO OUR HOMES FOR — WHERE EMERGENCY WORKERS SHOULD THEY NEED IT. A VEHICLE PARKED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A FRONT DOOR INSTEAD OF IN THEIR DRIVEWAY COULD BE AN OBSTACLE FOR E.M.S. TRYING TO TRANSPORT A CRITICALLY ILL OR INJURED PERSON OUT OF THE HOME, WHICH COULD TAKE UP THE — PRECIOUS LIFE SAVING TIME TO ASK SOMEONE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OR TRY TO MANEUVER AROUND THE VEHICLE PARKED IN THE FRONT YARD INSTEAD OF THEIR DRIVEWAY. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD A SERIOUS FIRE ON DUVAL ROAD WHERE THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE ENDED UP HAVING TO CLOSE DOWN DUVAL ROAD TO FIGHT THE FIRE AS NOT ONLY ILLEGAL FIREWORKS WERE GOING OFF INSIDE THE HOME, BUT THERE WERE THREE CARS AND TWO BOATS PARKED RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE HOME. THE ADDITIONAL THREAT OF THESE VEHICLES EXPLODING FROM THE FIRE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO GET CLOSE TO THE FIRE AND RESIDENTS WHO LIVED ACROSS THE STREET NEXT DOOR IN THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS HOME WERE KEPT AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSES DUE TO THE THREAT OF EXPLOSIONS OF THE VEHICLES PARKED NEXT TO THE HOUSE ON FIRE. DURING THIS TIME, WHICH WAS A TWO TO THREE HOUR PERIOD, DURING THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR, DUVAL ROAD WAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND ALL VEHICLES, ALL TRAFFIC DURING THAT TIME WAS ROUTED THROUGH THE NARROW NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, DETOURED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. ONE OF THE OPPONENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE HAS BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THE HANDICAP NEED AN EXEMPTION TO THIS ORDINANCE AS NOT ALLOWING THEM TO PARK ON THEIR LAWNS WOULD CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HARDSHIP ON THEM. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS AT MY OFFICE, AND AS A DISABLED PERSON MYSELF, ALL FEEL THEY DO NOT NEED NOR WOULD REQUEST AN EXEMPTION TO THIS ORDINANCE. THEY FEEL THERE DOES NOT NEED TO BE A BLANKET EXEMPTION FOR THE DISABLED BUT MAYBE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. MANY WOULD NOT WANT TO ADVERTISE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THERE IS A DISABLED PERSON LIVING IN THEIR HOME FOR SECURITY REASONS. AND IF THERE WAS AN EXEMPTION THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DISPLAY THE DISABLED PARKING PERMIT ON OUR FRONT OF OUR GARAGES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. NONE OF THE PEOPLE WOULD EVEN THINK OF PARKING IN THEIR YARDS, IN THEIR STREET, THEIR DRIVEWAY OR THEIR GARAGE. A COUPLE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH GETTING THEIR DRIVEWAYS REPAIRED BY LANDLORDS AND FEEL THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HELP FORCE THE LANDLORDS TO REPAIR THE DRIVEWAYS. MOST WHO ARE DISABLED BUT NOT IN WHEELCHAIRS RELY ON THE STABILITY OF THEIR SIDEWALKS TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN THE DRIVEWAYS, CURBS, GARAGES TO ENTER THE HOME AND DON'T PARK ON THE GRASS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE STEPPING ON. MOST OF THE HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT EVEN THINK OF REQUESTING TO BE EXEMPT BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ADEQUATE CURB CUTS, CORNERS, UNBLOCKED SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO THEIR HOMES SAFELY. ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MESA PARK BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTS THIS YARD PARKING ORDINANCE.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. JILL C. THOMAS.

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MAYOR GARCIA: SOMEBODY IS —

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MAYOR GARCIA: SOMEBODY —

I'M SORRY. [INAUDIBLE - NO MIC]

I PASSED THE LADY AT THE DOOR TO REMOVE THAT DIDN'T WISH TO SPEAK TO DO — THAT DO WISH TO SPEAK.

MAYOR GARCIA: LET ME CALL YOU AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR GARCIA: I WILL KEEP THIS CARD UP HERE. ANGELA BAKER. ANGELA BAKER. AND FOLLOWING MS. BAKER IS MS. LINDA MOORE. HI MS. BAKER, HOW ARE YOU?

I'M FINE. I'M ANGELA BAKER FROM THE NORTH AUSTIN CIVIC ASSOCIATION. AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT ILLUSTRATE THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM IN OUR AREA. AND IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. THIS FIRST PICTURE, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT IT, THERE IS ROOM TO THE DRIVEWAY TO PARK, BUT THEY PARK ANYWAY ON THE LAWN. IT GETS TO BE A HABIT. THE NEXT ONE THEY ALSO HAVE ROOM IF THEY WOULD PARK APPROPRIATELY ON THE DRIVEWAY. THERE IS ALSO STREET PARKING. THERE IS ROOM ON THE STREETS. OUR STREETS IN OUR PARTICULAR AREA ARE FAIRLY WIDE. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WALK A FEW STEPS TO GET TO YOUR CAR, BUT I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE. THIS ONE IS — IS ON PARKFIELD AND RUTLAND. AND IT'S RATHER INFAMOUS IN OUR AREA. I CAME BY THERE THE OTHER NIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS, BUT THERE WERE 11 CARS PARKED THERE. THERE IS ROOM. THEY CAN PARK DOWN THE STREET. THEY CANNOT PARK ON RUTLAND, BUT THEY CAN PARK ON PARKFIELD, SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION. AND AGAIN, MORE OF THE SAME. I THINK THIS IS JUST A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A NUMBER OF VEHICLES PARKED ON THE LAWN AND SOME OF THEM COULD PARK — AND THERE ARE GARAGES, I MEAN, IT MIGHT MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO CLEAN OUT YOUR GARAGE, BUT YOU COULD PARK CARS IN THE GARAGE, THAT'S I THINK WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR. AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE A CAB PARKED ON THE LAWN. THAT REALLY GIVES YOU A BRIEF ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING ALL OF THE TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ BROUGHT UP. I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMANDER'S FORUM, WAS THERE OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT. WE WERE ALLOWED TIME, BOTH THE PEOPLE OPPOSING THE ORDINANCE AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE ORDINANCE TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS. SO THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE TIME FOR RESPONSE AND — FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. SO I THINK THERE WAS — THERE WAS GIVEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT HAS GONE INTO THIS. AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE BUT HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIS PROPERTY, I LIKE THE AREA THAT HE LIVES IN. IT'S SORT OF OUR LAST RURAL AREA IN THE CITY. THEY HAVE HORSES AND EVERYTHING. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CURBS. SO THERE'S — THE ORDINANCE SIMPLY DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T HAVE A CURB CUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CURB. AND IT'S A LANE. SO HE'S FREE TO PARK WHEREVER HE WANTS. SO — I THINK THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF TALK IN OUR CITY ABOUT KEEPING AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL. I THINK THIS WOULD HELP TO GO A LONG WAY TO KEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. BAKER. MS. LINDA MOORE. FOLLOWING MS. MOORE IS JOHNNY WEAR BARNES. MS. MOORE, WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING, I'M LINDA MOORE WITH THE NORTH AUSTIN CIVIC ASSOCIATION. A YEAR AGO, WHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BEGAN NOTICING THAT WE HAD AN USUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF CARS PARKED ON THE LAWN, WE SOUGHT SUPPORT FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. WE WERE JOINED INITIALLY BY SIX GROUPS WHO APPROACHED COUNCILMEMBER DANNY THOMAS AND ASKED IF HE WOULD SPONSOR AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT PARKING ON THE LAWN. WE AGREED TO DO THAT, OUR COALITION OF GROUPS DID RESEARCH LAST SUMMER ON THE TOP 50 CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND WE FOUND THAT 72% OF THOSE ALREADY HAD SUCH AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS. THIS MAP THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT, THE ONES IN RED HAVE AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON THE LAWN. IN TEXAS, THERE ARE FIVE CITIES WHO ALREADY HAVE THIS. INCLUDING ARLINGTON, IN ARLINGTON THEIR WEBSITE HAS THIS PICTURE. ONE SHOWING THE CORRECT PROCEDURE AND ONE THE INCORRECT PROCEDURE. THE OTHER TEXAS CITIES THAT HAVE THIS ARE DALLAS, FORT WORTH, EL PASO AND SAN ANTONIO. IN ALL OF THE CITIES WHO HAVE THE ORDINANCE, IT IS A CITY-WIDE ORDINANCE. WE NOW HAVE LETTERS FROM ABOUT 50 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN AUSTIN ASKING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE AND THOSE LETTERS ARE IN A BLUE FOLDER THAT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. SEVERAL DRAFTS OF THE ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN PREPARED. THE CURRENT ONE IS NOT ONLY FAIR AND FLEXIBLE, BUT IT HAS MANY OF THE FEATURES THAT THE OPPONENTS HAVE SAID THEY WOULD SUPPORT. AND, YES, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. FEATURES THAT THE OPPONENTS SAID THEY WOULD SUPPORT. THE MAIN ONES ARE ALLOWING NEIGHBORHOODS WHO WANT THE ORDINANCE TO BE COVERED BY IT AND THOSE WHO DON'T TO BE EXCLUDED. THAT FLEXIBILITY IS BUILT INTO THIS ORDINANCE. INSTEAD OF OPTING OUT, IF YOU DID NOT WANT IT, WHICH WE PREFERRED, THE ORDINANCE NOW CALLS FOR OPTING IN. AND 50 NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO OPT IN. ALTHOUGH CONCESSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PROPONENTS AND OPTIONS EXPLORED, THE OPPONENTS ARE STILL NOT SATISFIED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE ORDINANCE. THEY DON'T WANT OTHERS TO HAVE IT EITHER. WHEN 50 NEIGHBORHOODS SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ON AN ISSUE IT IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND SHOULD BE LISTENED TO. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. — MS. JOHNNY WEAR BARNES, WELCOME, MS. BARNES.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JOHNNY BARNES. I LIVE AT 1415 RUTLAND DRIVE AND HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 1 AND 1 HALF YEARS. MY BLOCK IS POWERFULLY AFFECTED BY THE PURCHASE OF RESIDENTIAL ON EACH SIDE OF ME. THESE PURCHASES, I MIGHT ADD, WERE BOTH MADE AFTER I MOVED HERE. THE PRESENT OWNERS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF MY RESIDENCE DO NOT APPEAR IN MY OPINION TO HAVE ANY PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP. THEY HAVE PARKED MULTIPLE VEHICLES ACROSS THE FRONT LINE AND OCCASIONALLY HAVE DROVE THEIR VEHICLES ACROSS MY LAWN TO EXIT ON AND OFF TO RUTLAND DRIVE. THESE FRONT YARDS THAT USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL GREEN YARDS NOW LOOK LIKE A MUD PIT, SPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS. THIS SCENE HAS CAUSED MY BLOCK TO LOOK VERY UNSIGHTLY. I AM OFTEN EMBARRASSED BY HOW MY PLACE LOOKS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE TWO. ONE MORNING I WAS TRYING TO LEAVE FOR WORK BUT COULD NOT DUE TO A VAN PARKED ON MY SIDE OF THE SHARED DRIVEWAY. BLOWING MY CAR HORN, KNOCKING ON THE NEIGHBOR'S DOOR DID NOT RESULT IN THE VAN BEING REMOVED. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE CALLUS AND BOORISH BEHAVIOR OF MANY OF THOSE WHO PARK THIS WAY. YES, I CALLED THE POLICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS TYPE OF CALL WAS NOT A POLICE PRIORITY. 45 MINUTES LATER, AFTER I HAD ATTEMPTED TO GO TO WORK, THE VAN LEFT. AND I PROCEEDED TO WORK. NATURALLY, I WAS LATE THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN. THE POLICE RESPONSE IS GENERALLY GOOD IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS PARTICULAR MORNING THEY DID NOT RESPOND AT ALL. SITUATIONS SUCH AS MINE ARE NOT UNCOMMON. PARKING INCIDENTS SUCH AS THESE CREATE A NIGHTMARE FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN AND HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE BEAUTY AND CURB APPEAL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE VALUES AND LIVABILITY STANDARDS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED. MY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MAKES VARIOUS AWARDS TO THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AND MOST IMPROVED LAWNS. NOW THESE VERY LAWNS ARE BEING USED FOR PARKING LOTS, SALVAGE YARDS AND THE MECHANICAL WORKPLACES BY OUR NEW ARRIVALS. MOST CITIES PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THIS TYPE OF ASSAULT BY UPGRADING THEIR ORDINANCE ZONING CODES AND ENFORCING THEM. OUR RESEARCH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEES DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A BUDGETARY PRIORITY AT PRESENT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S A BIG JOKE. THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU. THERE ARE MANY, BUT MY POINT IS THAT THE NEED MAY BE GREATER HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS THAN MOST CITIES. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [BUZZER SOUNDING]

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. BARNES, ROBERT BAKER DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. HE'S REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. ANDREW CHEN IS REGISTERED NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, AND IN FAVOR OF. DALE CLARK. FOLLOWING MR. CLARK IS NANA T. HAIRSTON. MR. CLARK, WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TWO QUICK POINTS. ONE IS I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT WHEN A BUSINESS WANTS TO LOCATE TO AUSTIN OR RELOCATE INTO AUSTIN, WITHIN AUSTIN, THAT — THAT THEY MIGHT BE INFLUENCED IF THEY COME INTO — IF THEY COME INTO THE PROPERTY, THE PERIOD, THEY WANT TO LOCATE TO IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT VERY — RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS, IN THEIR PARKING APPROACH, BY PARKING UP ON THE YARDS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND BY STOPPING SOME OF THIS YARD PARKING MIGHT HELP US GET MORE BUSINESS INTO THIS CITY. SECOND POINT IS HOPE THAT WE ARE USING SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE MADE REGARDING THIS TOPIC, LIKE SAN ANTONIO AND DALLAS. THEY — I'M SURE SOLVED SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE HAVING HERE NOW AND WE ARE DISCUSSING. I WOULD HOPE THAT — THAT WE ARE MAKING USE OF THEIR SOLUTIONS. AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO BEFORE FINALIZING THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. NANA HARISTON, MS. HARISTON, FOLLOWING MS. HARISTON IS MARY GAY MAXWELL. DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, IS REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. FRAN MILLIGAN, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, IS REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. SHERRI PYLE, NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, REGISTERED FOR. AND MR. JACK GULLAHORN IS NEXT. MS. HARISTON, WELCOME.

MAYOR GARCIA, BY THE WAY THAT'S MY FIRST TIME TO GET TO SAY MAYOR GARCIA.

MAYOR GARCIA: ALWAYS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYBODY.

AND COUNCIL PERSONNEL.

MY NAME IS NANA T. HARISTON, I'M IN MY 13TH YEAR AS APPROXIMATED OF THE GEORGIAN ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I FEEL BADLY THAT SOME AREAS OF AUSTIN ARE SO OVERLY MUSCULAR REGARDING OUR GREAT CITY HAVING AN ORDINANCE COVERING NO PARKING ON LAWNS THAT MOST OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN TEXAS HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED WAS NEEDED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS VASTLY IN NEED OF THE NO PARKING OF VEHICLES ON FRONT LAWNS AND SIDE YARDS THAT ARE DISGUSTING TO VIEW AND DEFINITELY CAN LOWER OUR PROPERTY VALUES WHEN IT COMES TO SELLING SAID PROPERTY. AND EMBARRASSES US WHEN FRIENDS COME FOR A VISIT AND HAVE TO VIEW SUCH AN ABUSE. IT IS TOO BAD THAT SOME AREA NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE INTERPRETED THE ORDINANCE TO BE AGAINST THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS OR MAYBE EVEN TOO EXPENSIVE TO ADHERE. WE ALL NEED TO RESORT TO FACTS AND LOGIC TO COME INTO AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF THE DON'T GO THERE VIEW. AS HAS BEEN STATED AND RESTATED AT PLACE COMMANDER MEETINGS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN, AND BY THE WAY I WAS IN THE GROUP THAT ATTENDED ALL OF THOSE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HANDLING SAID PROBLEMS ON A COMPLAINT BASIS ONLY. THE BOTTOM LINE BEING THAT OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE OFFICERS WILL BE THE ENFORCERS. THEY ALREADY ARE ENFORCING INOPERABLE VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER A CITY ORDINANCE AND BOATS AND TRAILERS UNDER ANOTHER CITY ORDINANCE. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, INOPERABLE VEHICLE, CARS UNDER REPAIR, CARS FOR SALE AND EXTRA CARS ARE SOMETIMES PARKED SIDE BY SIDE CAUSING ME HEADACHES GALORE RE COMPLAINTS. THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES WILL WORK WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD CITIZENS TO GET A PROBLEM RESOLVED. THEY WILL NO DOUBT WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH AN ADDRESS THAT HAS RECEIVED A COMPLAINT AGAINST IT BY HELPING THE RESIDENTS TO FIRST REALIZE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, AND HOW BEST TO GET IT HANDLED. IF IT TAKES A LONGER TIME I'M SURE THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING BOLD AND WORK THAT OUT WITH THE RESIDENT AS THEY HAVE DONE SO IN THE PAST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD RE MANY VARIOUS OTHER ZONING PROBLEMS. THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED COMMUNITY POLICING. A WARM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE SUPPORT IT. THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR THIS CHANGE TO GIVE NEEDED HELP TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE ABOUT BOATS. THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF WATERWAYS SURROUNDING US. WE HAVE A LOT OF BOATS THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE HOMES THAT HAVE ONLY FIVE FEET OF PROPERTY ON EITHER SIDE. THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN CONFORM TO THE ORDINANCE COVERING BOATS — [BUZZER SOUNDING] — COULD I JUST FINISH THAT? THE ORDINANCE COVERING BOATS WHICH STATES THAT A BOAT HAS TO BE BEHIND A PRIVACY FENCE CONSTRUCTED OF EITHER MASONRY OR WOODEN FENCING. SO WE MAKE THE DEALS, WE WORK WITH PEOPLE. THEY CANNOT GET THEIR BOATS IN THEIR BACK YARD, WE WORK WITH THEM TO PUT A COVER ON THE BOAT SO IT DOESN'T PRESENT A HEALTH PROBLEM AND CONTAIN WATER IF THE GUY HAS NOT TAKEN HIS PLUG OUT. ALSO, YOU HAVE DECIDUOUS TREES IN THE FALL, BELIEVES LEAVES CAN GET IN THE BOAT, PINE NEEDLES FALLING, OAK LEAVES AT OTHER ONE SIDE OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE IT OVER TO ONE SIDE OR MAYBE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE IF THEY DO HAVE THE ROOM. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE D.R.'S WE WORK WITH PEOPLE ON PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. I FEEL LIKE WE WILL DO THE SAME THING IF THEY HAVE EXCESS CARS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S SEE. TERRY MYERS? TERRI MYERS, FOLLOWING MS. MYERS IS BARBAR EPSTEIN. MS. MYERS, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MY NAME IS TERRI MYERS, I LIVE AT 823 HARRIS AVENUE IN THE HANCOCK NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS IN THE NORTH UNIVERSITY AREA. WE ARE SO CLOSE TO U.T. THAT WHEN THE LONGHORNS MAKE A TOUCHDOWN WE CAN HEAR THE CHEERING. IT WAS A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY, A LOT OF US HAVE GARBAGE APARTMENTS OR ROOMMATES, SO IT'S A PRETTY DENSELY, YOU KNOW, INHABITED AREA. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, A REAL NICE HOUSE, ONE HOUSE AWAY FROM ME SOLD TO A FELLOW WHO RENTS IT TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT STUDENTS AT ANY ONE TIME LIVE IN THE HOUSE. ALL OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN CARS, S.U.V.'S, PICKUP TRUCKS. AND WHEN THEIR FRIENDS COME, THEY BRING THEIR VEHICLES AS WELL AND THEY PARK ALL OVER THE YARD. RECENTLY, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO ME SOLD TO A MAN WHO IS GOING TO HAVE HIS KIDS LIVE THERE WHILE THEY ARE IN COLLEGE AND THEIR ROOMMATES. I SAID, WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME PARKING PROBLEMS ON THIS STREET. HE SAID, THAT'S OKAY, THEY CAN JUST PARK ON THE LAWN. I FEEL LIKE MY STREET IS TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT. I LOOK DOWN THE STREET, AND IT IS COVERED WITH S.U.V.'S, PICKUP TRUCKS, THE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, I MEAN, IT IS JUST PACKED. YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS HERE IN ONE PRESENTATION. I'M ADDRESSING A PERMANENT RATHER THAN TEMPORARY SITUATION. THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY. THIS IS EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT ALL THE TIME, WEEKENDS, EXCEPT FOR AN AWAY GAME AND IT'S JUST — JUST TRASHY. I ALSO WORKED FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A CONTRACTOR FOR TWO YEARS SURVEYING HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN EAST AUSTIN. I WENT FROM 9TH STREET TO 15TH, 16TH STREET, EAST OF I-35, LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY, WALKED EVERY STREET, DOCUMENTED EVERY BUILDING, ABOUT 1400 BUILDINGS FOR THE CITY, IN MY OPINION AND IN MY TALKS WITH PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, IT'S MY OPINION THAT THE EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE BETTER SERVED, SPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE BEING REVITALIZED, IF SUCH AN ORDINANCE WERE PASSED. OR WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM, EVEN. IT'S DEMORALIZING TO TRY TO MAINTAIN YOUR PROPERTY, LIVE IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HAVE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR DOWN THE STREET JUST TRASHING THE PLACE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. MYERS. BARBARA EPSTEIN AND FOLLOWING MS. EPSTEIN MARK BOYDEN, I THINK.

HELLO. I'M BARBARA EPSTEIN AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE EAST WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES THAT COME READILY TO MIND ABOUT THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE. I THINK MY NEIGHBORS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT PARKING ON LAWNS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DETRIMENTAL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXACTLY NORTH OF THE U.T. CAMPUS AND WE HAVE HAD IN THE 27 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED THERE, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS YARDS TURNED INTO MUD LOTS. FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, I WANT TO REITERATE TO THE CITY THAT THE CITY HAS A TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT REQUIRES DRIVEWAYS TO BE BUILT IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND DUPLEXES BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY CODE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO PARK ON THOSE DRIVEWAYS. A LOT OF THE OPPONENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE HAVE SAID THAT WE HAVE CODE PROVISIONS THAT — THAT ALLOW FOR SOME KIND OF RELIEF FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT SIMPLY IS NOT TRUE. I CAN SPEAK TO ONE EXPERIENCE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAD A YOUNG MAN WHO COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED HIS YARD BY PARKING IN IT, INDEED RUNNING OVER THE CURB TO — TO PARK ON THE DRIVEWAY ROUTINELY SO THAT — THAT A PATH HAD BEEN DRIVEN OUT. THE CITY — THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE REFUSED TO ACT ON IT. SAYING THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO CITE PEOPLE FOR THAT. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO AFTER THIS YOUNG MAN FOR RENTING OUT HIS — IT TURNED OUT THAT HE WAS RENTING OUT THE ENTIRE YARD AS A COMMERCIAL LOT FOR U.T. STUDENTS. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT GOT THE CITY'S ATTENTION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE POSTED NOTICES OFFERING TO LET PEOPLE HAVE THE ASSIGNED SLOTS.

MAYOR GARCIA: MA'AM, SOMEBODY IS PLAYING MUSIC SOMEWHERE.

THAT'S SOMEBODY'S PHONE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY, COULD SOMEBODY GO OUT THERE AND TELL THE ICE CREAM TRUCK TO — TO STOP THAT. [ MUSIC PLAYING ]

MAYOR GARCIA: UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS ICE CREAM, THERE'S AN ICE CREAM TRUCK OUTSIDE.

THE OTHER POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE LOTS IN THE INNER CITY ARE SMALL LOTS AND DO HAVE DRIVEWAYS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST DISTURBING TO ME IS THAT THE CITY MAKES A BIG DEAL TO PEOPLE WHO ARE REMODELING THEIR HOMES THAT THEY ARE LIMITED TO 45% IMPERVIOUS COVER. BUT THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PEOPLE CREATING THAT VERY IMPERVIOUS COVER BY LEAVING CARS IN BACK YARDS, FRONT YARDS, CONSISTENTLY SO THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CREATED IMPERVIOUS COVER. I THINK THAT AN ORDINANCE LIKE THIS, PERHAPS ONE WAY TO HAVE IT BE FAIR, IS BECAUSE IF YOU — IF YOU USED IT TO GO AFTER PEOPLE WHO HAVE CREATED IMPERVIOUS COVER BY THEIR PARKING, I THINK THAT IS — THAT IS A REAL REASON FOR THE CITY TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OF RUNOFF THAT IS CREATED BY THE IMPERVIOUS COVER. [BUZZER SOUNDING]

THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. EPSTEIN. MARK BOYDEN. FOLLOWING MR. BOYDEN IS MARY SALINIC. MR. BOYDEN, WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GARCIA, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WINDSOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. RESPECTFUL REQUEST THAT THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO OPT IN OR TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE OFF DRIVEWAY PARKING ORDINANCE BE EXTENDED FROM THE CURRENT DEADLINE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US OF APRIL 25TH, WHICH IS THE FINAL READING, I BELIEVE FOR THIS ORDINANCE. WINDSOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS NOT HAD THE TIME AND ABILITY TO APPROPRIATELY CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE. WPNA WORKED TO EDUCATE ITSELF BY HAVING THE OPPONENTS AND PROPONENTS PRESENT THE ISSUES AT OUR MEETING IN MARCH. AT THAT TIME WE — WE VOTED NOT TO TAKE A STANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WORDING OF THE ORDINANCE WAS STILL IN FLUX. THE APRIL MEETING IS MIRED WITH — WITH THE CANDIDATE'S FORUM, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO NOTIFY OUR CONSTITUENCY OF THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. WE FEEL THAT TO MAKE A DECISION THE THAT BEST REPRESENTS THE DESIRES OF OUR CONSTITUENCY THAT WE MUST HAVE UNTIL OUR MAY MEETING, WHICH IS THE SECOND SATURDAY OF MAY, TO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY THE CONSTITUENCY, EDUCATE THEM ON THE ISSUES, THE FINAL DRAFT, DISCUSS IT AND THEN TAKE A POSITION. I'M QUITE SURE THAT OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE IN A SIMILAR POSITION. WITH JUST APPROXIMATELY 60 OF 400 REGISTERED ASSOCIATIONS TAKING A POSITION TO DATE. THIS A REMINDER, WPNA IS ONE OF LARGEST AND OLDEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BOUNDED BY 51ST STREET, I-35, U.S. 290, NORTHEAST MANOR ROAD. WE REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 135 HOUSEHOLDS AND 10,000 RESIDENT AND WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BOYDEN. MARY SOLANIC. FOLLOWING HER IS MRS. — [INAUDIBLE - NO MIC].

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING YOUR MEETING IN THIS LOVELY PLACE, IT'S REALLY NICE. I APPRECIATE IT.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE THINK SO.

YES, IT IS, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND MAY I ASK A QUESTION? OF YOU? AND YOUR OFFICE? HOW MANY OF YOU CAME IN A CAR? OR A TRUCK OR AN S.U.V. OR SOME MOTOR VEHICLE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. YOU CAME IN A CAR, SO A CAR DOES SERVE SOME USEFUL PURPOSE TODAY, IT BROUGHT YOU HERE. CARS ARE A GOOD THING. THEY ARE NOT THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL. REALLY. AND THERE ARE SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL CARS IN AUSTIN. ALSO, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR SPEAKING. I HAVE BEEN AMAZED AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY. IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING. BUT MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF THIS ORDINANCE WAS QUITE SIMPLE. IF SOMEONE HAS A YARD, AND LITTLE THAT PERSON'S OWN YARD, THEN THAT PERSON WISHES TO PARK THAT PERSON'S VEHICLE IN THAT PERSON'S YARD, THAT'S THAT PERSON'S RIGHT. NOW, IF — IF SOME PEOPLE WANT TO USE THEIR YARDS FOR PARKING AND IT'S THEIR YARDS, WELL, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO. NOW, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS USE THEIR YARDS FOR PARKING. SOME OF THEM USE THEM FOR VEGETABLE GARDENS. SOME OF THEM USE THEM FOR ENGLISH FLOWER GARDENS. SOME OF THEM HAVE — HAVE GREEN GRASS. SOME OF THEM ARE HAVING TROUBLE GROWING THE GRASS. SOME OF US ARE WORKING REAL HARD TO GROW THE GRASS. MY NAME IS MARY SOLANIC, 3201 LOYOLA LANE. LOYOLA LANE, I BELIEVE, IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST STREETS IN TOWN. PARTICULARLY AT 5:00, IF I AM TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. BUT — BUT EVERY CAR THAT WE HAVE PARKED ON LOYOLA LANE HAS BEEN HIT. AND IT DOES CAUSE A LOT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION TO INSIST THAT ALL OF THE CARS BE PARKED IN THE STREET. IF PEOPLE WANT FOR MOVE THEIR CARS OUT IN THEIR YARD OUT ON THE STREET INTO THE YARD WHERE THE CAR MIGHT BE SAFER, ALSO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, THIS ORDINANCE PROPOSES TO MOVE ALL OF THE CARS THAT ARE OFF THE STREET, INTO THE STREET. YOU KNOW, THAT — THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULDN'T HELP. AND ANOTHER THING ABOUT — I WOULD LIKE TO — I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE LADY THAT BROUGHT THE PHOTOGRAPH GOES THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED HER PHOTOGRAPHY. BUT I THOUGHT THE CARS WERE PARKED RIGHT NEATLY. THEY WERE STRAIGHT. AND THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ARRANGED WITH SOME CONSIDERATION OF LOOKING NICE. AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY OPINIONS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING THEM. SOME OF THEM AMAZED ME. BUT — BUT BASICALLY, IF A PERSON WANTS TO PARK HIS CAR IN HIS YARD, THAT SHOULD BE HIS RIGHT. IT'S HIS CARD, HIS YARD. OR HIS — [BUZZER SOUNDING]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL WHO CAME IN CARS, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MS. K.E. HARRINGTON. THANK YOU, MS. SOLANICK. THANK YOU, MS. K.E. HARRINGTON. WHILE SHE'S COMING UP I WILL READ OTHER CARS. MARIA L. JONES IS IN FAVOR OF IT, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. STELLA WELLS, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER MS. HARRINGTON IS DOUG HEIGHT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION MR. HEIGHT.

I'M MRS. HARRINGTON.

MAYOR GARCIA: YOU CAN PULL THAT OUT.

THANK YOU. THE LADY WHO JUST SPOKE IS MY DAUGHTER. AND WHATEVER SHE SAID, IS WHAT I LIVE BY BECAUSE I LIVE WITH HER. BUT — BUT WITH ME HAVING A CAR AND HER HAVING A CAR, AND HER HUSBAND HAVING A CAR, AND A BOAT, IT'S MORE PRACTICAL FOR US TO PARK ON THE LAWN THAN IT IS TO PUT ALL OF THOSE CARS OUT IN THE STREET. AND THE — THE HOUSE THAT I OWN, MY GRANDSON LIVES THERE, AND HE HAS A CAR, HIS WIFE HAS A CAR, SO THEY HAVE THAT GARAGE FILLED. AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE LOTS OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE MORE CARS THAN THEY HAVE ROOM FOR IN THE HOUSE. AND SO THE — THE STREET IS NOT A SAFE PLACE. I FOUND THAT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE I WAS PARKED IN THE STREET AND WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THE STREET, THE CAR WAS BROKEN IN AND IT WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE FROM JUST HAVING LEFT MY CAR PARKED IN THE STREET. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE HOUSE ON THE LAWN, YOUR CAR IS SAFER THAN IT WOULD BE IN THE STREET. AND SO I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTER SAYING THAT — THAT IT SAFER TO HAVE YOUR CAR PARKED ON YOUR LAWN THAN HAVE IT PARKED IN THE STREET. AND SO — SO SINCE IT'S YOUR PROPERTY, AND YOUR CAR, AND YOUR BUSINESS, IT — IT SEEMS THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BE ANY QUESTION THAT — THAT THE PLACE TO PUT YOUR CAR IS WHERE IT WILL BE IN THE SAFEST PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. HARRINGTON. MR. DOUG HEIGHT. AND FOLLOWING MR. HEIGHT IS CLARK HAMMOND WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS FOR. HE WRITES: OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THIS ORDINANCE. AND GLEN SHIELD SPEAKS AFTER MR. HEIGHT. MR. HEIGHT, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. I CONCUR WITH THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN THIS EVENING IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE. IT IS A CITY-WIDE ISSUE. AND THERE — THERE IS CITY-WIDE SUPPORT FOR THIS ISSUE AS HAVING BEEN SHOWN ON MAPS EARLIER THIS EVENING. I REPRESENT THE BALCONES WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS MATTER. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. I HAVE MET WITH COUNCILMEMBERS, I HAVE ATTENDED MEETINGS, I HAVE ATTENDED THE A.N.C. MEETINGS, I PARTICIPATE — THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I BELIEVE IT'S A TOOL FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO USE WHEN — WHEN REQUIRED. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE ABILITY FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SELF DETERMINE HOW THEY CHOOSE TO — TO REPRESENT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT GOES ON THERE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAY NOT HAVE RESPONDED SINCE THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR OWN COVENANTS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS. THEY ARE NOT COMPELLED TO PARTICIPATE AT THIS LEVEL, SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS IN THE — IN THAT COVENANTS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS, THAT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN ON MAPS OR ANY OF THE REST OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. AND I DO WISH FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS ORDINANCE, THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. HEIGHT. MR. SHIELD. WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I SEE THIS ORDINANCE AS — AS A — AS AN ATTEMPT TO — TO IMPROVE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ONLY OTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON THE EAST SIDE, SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 73, 74% OF LOCAL SCHOOL ON THE FREE LUNCH AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM, SO WE ARE LOW INCOME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YET WE ONLY HAVE LESS THAN 10%, I MEAN PROBABLY LESS THAN 5% OF THE HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE PRESENTING A PROBLEM. IT'S JUST ONE HOUSE ON THE STREET AND THEY ARE PARKING TWO OR THREE CARS IN THE FRONT YARD ALL THE TIME AND DESTROYING — THERE'S NO GRASS, OKAY. IN SOME CASES THEY ARE DESTROYING THE TREES, TOO. OKAY. SO WE SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. SHIELD. BRYAN ALLMAN. MR. ALLMAN, GINA ALLMAN DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, HAS GIVEN YOU HER THREE MINUTES. SO YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEMBERS. MY WIFE AND I DO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS AND HIS STAFF FOR SOME NUMBER OF MONTHS TRYING TO GET IT THROUGH. TONIGHT, I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE THING THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ BROUGHT UP. IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACT THAT — THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN OPT IN INITIALLY, WITH JUST A VOTE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NORMALLY, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE ASSOCIATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE VERY SMALL MINORITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. THEN HE WAS CONCERNED THAT'S ONE METHOD TO OPT IN, BUT LATER ON YOU COULD OPT IN OR OPT OUT, BUT YOU WOULD NEED 10% OF THE NEIGHBORS VOTING TO DO THAT, TO BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS IS REALLY A CHECK AND BALANCE SYSTEM. THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT GET THE EAR OF THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS INITIALLY TO DO SOMETHING TO OPT IN, HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO HIS NEIGHBORS AND GET THE 10% TO BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL. SO I THINK THAT'S — THAT'S A WAY TO BALANCE IT OUT AND TO WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE SMALL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS IS NOT CONTROLLING THE SITUATION ENTIRELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. ALLMAN. BOBBIE RIGNEY. BOBBIE RIGNEY, FOLLOWING MR. RIGNEY IS ALOA MATTHEWS.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OUT. AS WE SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT, MY NAME IS BOBBY, I'M A ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THIS IS MY 28TH MEETING I'VE ATTENDED REGARDING PARKING OPPORTUNITIES. I'M THE ZILKER ASSOCIATION'S REP AND A MEMBER OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO FIND A SOLUTION OR A COMPROMISE. THAT GROUP ENDED UP HAVING TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MARCH 27TH, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS SPOKE OF BEING TORN BY POSITIONS ON BOTH SIDES. THIS IS THE DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCE. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND I'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THEM. IT INDICATES 10% OF HOMEOWNERS AS HOMEOWNERS, NOT AS JUST RENTERS, RENTERS ARE EXCLUDED ON THIS, COULD SIGN A PETITION TO AMEND THE APPLICABILITY AND IT WAS VERY, VERY LOW. A VALID PETITION REQUIRES 20%. TRAFFIC CALMING PLANS REQUIRE 60%. WHAT HAPPENS IS AT THE SAME TIME AN OPPOSING GROUP ALSO GATHERS 10%? WILL THE FIRST GROUP TO FINISH THEIR PETITION GET THEIR PETITION ACCEPTED? AND RENTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. DON'T THEY COUNT? THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD VOTED NOT TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S NOT JUST THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THAT'S THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ITSELF. NOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED, BUT THERE IS NO CURRENT SUPPORT THERE, BUT ANY SMALL GROUP CAN BECOME ACTIVE IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD AREA AND SOMETHING AS SMALL AS 10%, SO THE NUMBER GIVES A LOT OF LEVERAGE THERE. THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS FULL OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. IT HAS A RESULT IN ADDED IMPERVIOUS COVER AND ALSO DISPLACES A LOT OF CARS OUT INTO THE STREET. SOME OF STREETS ARE ALREADY CLUTTERED WITH CARS AND OTHER THINGS, TRADERS AND WHATNOT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENFIELD AREA, OLD WEST AUSTIN, WEST LYNN, I WENT THERE THE OTHER WEEK AND IT WAS CLUTTERED ALREADY TO THE MAX AND THEY REQUIRE YARD PARKING OR IT'S GOING TO BE WORSE. IT'S MOSTLY AN ISSUE OF AN ACTUAL EYESORE VERSUS A TOOL OF IMPLEMENTING HARM TO ONE'S OWN PROPERTY. THE LATEST UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE CARS THAT HAVE BEEN PARKED UP CLOSER TO THEIR HOMES OR EVEN JUST OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY WILL HAVE TO BE STACKED IN THE DRIVEWAYS, INCLUDING AT THE END OF THAT DRIVEWAY. NOW OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET TICKET AND THAT TICKET IS NOW PROPOSED TO BE RAISED TO A 100-DOLLAR TICKET FOR THE FINE. OF COURSE, THAT'S PENDING YOUR APPROVAL, BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M SURE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH. BUT THEN THEY ARE FORCED TO PARK ON THE STREET WHERE THERE IS ALREADY COMPETITION FOR THE PARK IS THAT ALREADY IS THERE. THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THE AUSTIN VOLUNTEERS FOR THE HOMELESS DEFENSE WILL BE WORKING TO SEND OUT THE WARNING TICKETS, AND I THINK THAT'S AN ABUSE OF THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY SAYING WITHIN THE TRADITIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DERIVES THEIR JUST POWER FROM THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ANY LAW THAT WOULD NOT LET YOU USE ONE'S OWN PROPERTY. DON'T TAKE THE WORD OF JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. MATTHEWS? AND FOLLOWING HER, DAVID CORALLA, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, AND IS REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. JENNIFER GARDENER IS NOT WISHING TO SPEAK, BUT IN FAVOR OF. SARAH SMITH IS REGISTERED WISHING TO SPEAK AND IN FAVOR OF. A. MARK HEINZLY DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AND IS REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. WILLIAM BURCHARD DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. MR. MATTHEWS, WELCOME. — MS. MATTHEWS, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. IN THE 1920'S MY GRANDPARENTS BUILT THEIR HOUSE SOUTH OF AN UNPAVED OLTORF STREET AND MADE AUSTIN THEIR HOME. YOU HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANY MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY SINCE THEY STARTED LIVING IN AUSTIN. TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE. MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE SOUTH RIVER CITY CITIZENS, VOTED, OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP VOTED TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. BOTH MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF HAVE ATTENDED PLANNING COMMISSION HEARINGS AND OTHER FORUMS ON THIS MATTER. LAWN PARKING IMPACTS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE SHERWOOD OAKS SUBDIVISION. MANY STUDENTS RENT HOUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ATTENDING ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY. SOME OF THESE STUDENTS PARK ON THE LAWNS OF THE RENT HOUSES. WITH THREE OR MORE STUDENTS LIVING IN ONE HOUSE, EACH WITH THEIR OWN VEHICLE, AT LEAST ONE CAR OR TRUCK USUALLY ENDS UP IN THE YARD. ABSENTEE LANDLORDS ALSO ALLOW THE YARDS TO DETERIORATE AFTER THEY'VE BEEN PARKED ON. DURING THE LATEST REAL ESTATE BOOM WHEN HOUSES WERE FOR SALE THAT HAD 10 BUYERS WAITING IN LINE, THE HOUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD LAWN MARKING WOULD BE ON THE MARKET FOR SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS AND ALSO THE RENT HOUSES HAVE HAD A LACK OF INTEREST IN THEM DUE TO THE CARS IN THE NEARBY YARDS. I'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC AND I'VE HEARD THE OPPONENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE ALLEGE THAT THIS ORDINANCE HADN'T BEEN WELL PUBLICIZED. THE OPPONENTS CLAIM LACK OF PUBLICITY HAS NOT ENSURED A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. UPON HEARING THIS I WONDERED WHY INFORMATION WAS EVERYWHERE I LOOKED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, SO I MADE A LIST ALONG THE WAY THAT SOMEONE COULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AND THERE WERE 11 DIFFERENT VENUES, RANGING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, POLICE COMMANDER FORUMS, STATESMAN EDITORS, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, NEWS STORIES ON THREE DIFFERENT NETWORKS, TALKING ON OUR NEIGHBORS, CHRONICLE ARTICLES, KLBJ NEWS STORIES AND FLIERS PLACED ON CARS AND THE INTERNET. I'M SURE I'VE MISSED SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S STILL 11. I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME ORDER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH CHAOS, BUT I'M ASKING THAT YOU WILL DO WHAT OTHER COUNCILS HAVE DOWN — CITY COUNCILS HAVE DONE AND SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JANIE RANGEL? WELCOME.

EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT —

MAYOR GARCIA: WE CAME TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CAME TO YOU.

I'VE GOT TO MEET Y'ALL HALFWAY. BUT Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT LATER. I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO LATE MYSELF. BUT I OPPOSE THIS ORDINANCE. FOR ONE THING, WE HAVE — THESE CARS THAT ARE PARK UNDERSTAND OUR FRONT YARDS, THEY'RE NOT MOVING, THEY'RE REGISTERED. WE PAY PLENTY OF MONEY TO THE TAX APPRAISER FOR OUR OWN PROPERTY. AND YET YOU WANT TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE POLICEMEN GO GIVE TICKETS. THESE POLICEMEN WOULD BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY GOING OUT ON THE STREETS AND STOPPING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING THESE CARS SPEEDING, RUNNING OVER PEOPLE, RUNNING OVER BICYCLES, SPEND OUR MONEY THAT WAY. WE PARK IT ON THE CURB OR ON THE YARD, YOU'VE GOT A CURB AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR BUILD ANOTHER DRIVEWAY. THEN YOU BUILD A DRIVEWAY AND THEN YOUR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU MAKE TO YOUR HOUSE. AS MUCH TAX DOLLARS THAT I SPEND EVERY YEAR ON MY PROPERTY, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARK MY CAR WHEREVER I WANT. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, THEY RENT, DUPLEXES, APARTMENTS. THEY HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHERE THEY CAN PARK. THEY JUST FIND A PLACE. IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM, START WITH THE LANDOWNERS, START WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. WHEN YOU ISSUE A SITE PLAN, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SO MANY SPACES OR DON'T BUILD AT ALL. I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE. I LIVE DOWN THE STREET. THESE STREETS ARE SO NARROW, YOU DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. CARS PARK ON THE CURB. THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN WALKING AROUND THERE. YOU SEE THESE BIG 18-WHEELERS GOING THROUGH THERE. THOSE ARE THE ONES YOU NEED TO KEEP OFF THE STREETS ALSO. AND I HOPE THAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT WISH. I DON'T WANT THIS TO PASS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE UP HIRE TODAY THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO PARK ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT FOR IN THEIR YARD. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A TICKET, DON'T PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, GIVE AN TICKET ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. IF THEY'RE SITTING THERE DRUNK ACTING A FOOL, GIVE THEM A TICKET AND TOW IT AWAY. BUT I HAVE A SICK AUNT AND SOMETIMES SHE VISITS. WE PULL IT UP TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND WE PULL IT UP. BUT SHE WANTS TO COME AND VISIT ON THE EAST SIDE AND ENJOY MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE AND FAMILY. YOU'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE AND YOU'VE BEEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL HOMES THERE AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU WILL SEE A CAR PARKED IN THE FRONT YARD. THEY HAVE A REASON TO BE PARKED THERE. SO IF YOU PASS THE ORDINANCE, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PASSING. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE COMING — TELLING US WHERE TO PARK. YOU CAN'T SIT YOUR BUTT IN THE FRONT YARD, YOU HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACKYARD BEHIND A PROPERTY FENCE. USE THAT MONEY WISELY, USE IT ON SOMETHING ELSE, USE IT ON CARS THAT ARE RUNNING, NOT ON CARS THAT ARE PARKED. AND AS FAR AS BOATS, BOATS BELONG IN THE WATER, THEY DON'T BELONG PARKED BESIDE YOUR HOUSE, SO WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE REAL ESTATE IS GOOD FOR THE CARS TOO. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS — WELL, I TAKE THAT BACK. WILLIAM HENLEY CAME UP EARLIER. I FOUND HIS CARD. AND JILL THOMAS, IS SHE HERE? COUNCIL, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THOMAS: SO MOVE, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. LET ME REMIND YOU ALL THAT THERE WILL BE TWO MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER. THE THIRD WEEK WE WILL BE MAKING A DECISION ON THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OPPOSED NO. THE MOTION CARRIES WITH A VOTE OF FIVE TO ONE WITH COUNCILMEMBER WYNN ABSENT AND COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH — [ INAUDIBLE ] THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT — DIVIDE THE CITY INTO EIGHT COUNCIL DISTRICTS WITH ELECTION OF COUNCILMEMBERS. AND THE COUNCIL MADE UP OF EIGHT COUNCILMEMBERS ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, TWO COUNCILMEMBERS ELECTED FROM THE CITY AT LARGE, THE MAYOR ELECTED FROM THE CITY AT LARGE AND CHOSEN BY THE VOTERS. AND WE PASSED THIS ON FIRST READING. I'M GOING TO FIRST RECOGNIZE MR. STEINER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW. IF NOT I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER. YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, AND HIS MAP HAS POLITICAL JUSTIFICATIONS THAT ARE PROPERTY, AND SO HE CAN EXPLAIN IT. BUT MR. STEINER, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD?

WELL, I THINK EVERYTHING THAT STAFF WILL HAVE TO SAY WILL DEPEND ON COUNCIL'S REACTION TO COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, SO PROBABLY IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO — FOR US TO WAIT.

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER?

SLUSHER: MAYOR, MR. ROBINSON HAS SOME MAPS, A COUPLE OF MAPS THAT I WANTED TO SHOW. I NEED TO WAIT UNTIL HE GETS IN HERE. MAYBE WE COULD TAKE THE SPEAKERS FIRST.

MAYOR GARCIA: IS MR. ROBINSON AVAILABLE?

SLUSHER: MR. ROBINSON, ARE YOU READY? COME ON UP. WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS SHOW THE MAP FIRST THAT THE STAFF CAME UP WITH TRYING TO SHOW THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL AUSTIN, NORTH OF THE RIVER, THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO START. AND ALSO BRING UP THE OPTION A. LET'S START WITH THAT SO WE CAN DO A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW.

COUNCILMEMBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH OPTION A OR THIS?

SLUSHER: PUT OPTION A UP AND I'LL SHOW FOLKS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DEAL WITH. OKAY. I WANT TO POINT OUT I SAID BACK WHEN WE SENT THIS MAP PROCESS THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, I POINTED OUT A FEW CONCERNS. ONE, THAT THE PRECINCTS IN NEAR SOUTH CENTRAL AUSTIN WERE IN A DISTRICT WITH THOSE NORTH OF THE RIVER, AND THAT THAT PUT FOUR DISTRICTS IN SOUTH AUSTIN IN THE AREA BETWEEN BEN WHITE AND I-35 WITH TWO SEPARATE DISTRICTS AND NORTH OF THE RIVER. TO THAT CONCERNED ME THAT IT WAS BREAKING UP THAT COMMUNITY. BUT ALSO THAT — ANOTHER CONCERN, AN EVEN BIGGER ONE, IS THAT ALL THE NEAR CENTRAL CITY THAT'S WEST OF THE FREEWAY IS BASICALLY LUMPED INTO ONE DISTRICT OUT TO 38TH STREET. THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S 38TH STREET?

YES.

SLUSHER: SO I WOULD RATHER SEE THE CENTRAL CITY SPLIT UP IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY WHERE IT'S NOT JUST ONE DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S THE CORE OF AUSTIN. I THINK IT'S A VERY SMALL REPRESENTATION OF THAT. SO YOU THEN TRIED — STAFF TRIED TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, TRIED TO MAKE IT TWO CENTRAL BY MAKING A SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT IN ADDITION TO THE TWO IN DISTRICT 2 AND 3, WHICH ARE A MAJORITY OF HISPANICS. AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE IS YOU SEE IF WE LOOK AT DISTRICT 4, WE — HAS DISTRICT 3 CHANGED AT ALL? WE TOOK SOME OUT OF 3 AND PUT IT INTO 4. AND TO MAKE UP THAT POPULATION, 3 HAD TO TAKE SOME OUT OF WHAT IS THE SOUTHWEST DISTRICT. AND WHAT THAT ENDED UP DOING, IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS MAP LOOK — I LIKE IT BETTER FOR THE CENTRAL CITY, BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT IT MADE DISTRICT 5 THE WESTERN SUBURBAN DISTRICT, STRETCH FROM THE HAYS COUNTY LINE TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY. AND THAT JUST RAISED A QUESTION TO ME. THAT WAS A SOLID ATTEMPT BY THE STAFF TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT NOT ONLY I HAD RAISED, BUT A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS HAD RAISED IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE LIGHTLY ATTENDED, THESE CONCERN WERE AMONG THOSE RAISED, THE MOST FREQUENT. SO THEN AFTER SEEING THIS, I DECIDED TO DRAW UP ANOTHER MAP AND WAS TALKING TO THE STAFF THIS MORNING AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. AND I REALIZED ONCE I SAW THAT DISTRICT 4 AND 7, ONCE I SHOW U.S.A. THAT THOSE WERE — HAD TO BE COMBINED INTO ONE BECAUSE OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, AND I LOOKED AT SOME OTHER COMBINATIONS AND SAID OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE NEAREST PRECINCTS GO IN WITH THE PRECINCT NORTH OF THE RIVER. AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A COMMONALITY THERE WITH COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, BUT FOLKS ARE REAL FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN, THEY'RE REAL NEAR DOWNTOWN, IT IS THE CENTER OF AUSTIN, ALBEIT SOME ARE SOUTH AND SOME ARE NORTH OF THE RIVER. BUT I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT. AND WE HAD TALKED BEFORE ABOUT DOING SOME PIE-SHAPED DISTRICTS INSTEAD OF WHAT'S ORIENTED MORE EAST AND WEST LIKE THE ONE IS — AND I THINK THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS ORIENTED MORE TOWARDS THE SOUTH, SO I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. AND WHAT WE DID IN THIS DISTRICT, WE DID NOT — WE DID NOT TOUCH DISTRICTS 1, 2 OR 3, WHICH IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DISTRICT, DISTRICT 1, AND THE MAJORITY HISPANIC DISTRICT, DISTRICTS 2 AND 3. THOSE REMAINED EXACTLY THE SAME AND REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME IN THIS MAP. DISTRICT 4 REMAINS THE SAME. BUT THEN DISTRICT 7 TO THE NORTHWEST CHANGED SLIGHTLY JUST ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY, CHANGED SLIGHTLY BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE OTHER DISTRICTS, THE POPULATION —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— WE SHOULD PUT THAT ONE MAP BEFORE THE VOTERS OR TO — IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROTOTYPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ONE OR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE, WE NEED TO GET TO THAT. BUT I KNOW SOME COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS MAP. BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT UP THERE. NOW, THE POPULATION FIGURES, THOUGH, MR. ROBINSON, DO WORK ON THIS MAP, CORRECT?

YES, SIR, THEY DO. WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH TINA'S WORK, WHO REALLY HELPED US ARRIVE AT THIS THROUGH SOME EFFORT AND WITH A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF TWEAKING WERE ABLE TO GET IT BELOW THE 10% VARIANCE. SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT IT'S ACCEPTABLE. IT'S BELOW THE 10%, YES, SIR.

SLUSHER: OKAY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING MY AIDES, LIKE TINA. I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP MYSELF, BUT I'M NOT SURE SHE WANTED THE CREDIT, SO I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SORRY.

SLUSHER: NO, I DON'T THINK SHE'LL BE UPSET ABOUT THAT.

WYNN: MAYOR? ON THAT POINT, MR. ROBINSON, WHEN YOU SAY 10% VARIANCE, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFF ON THIS MAP, I SEE DISTRICT 3 IS MINUS 3.6% AND DISTRICT 7 IS POSITIVE 5.7%. SO IF YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER, IT'S A 9.9% DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 3 ON THE LOW SIDE AND 7 ON THE HIGH SIDE? IS THAT HOW YOU DO THAT?

YOU CAN GET THERE THAT WAY. THE VARIANCE — THE SECOND COLUMN WAS THE NEGATIVE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU SHOWED. IT'S SIMPLY THE INDIVIDUAL PERCENTAGE VARIANCE FOR THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. WE ARRIVED AT THE TOTAL POPULATION VARIANCE BY SIMPLY TAKING THE POPULATION OF THE MOST POPULOUS DISTRICT AND THE LEAST, AND THAT DIFFERENCE THEN DIVIDED BY — EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE IDEAL DISTRICT, AND SO YOU CAN HAVE — YOU CAN HAVE SORT OF THE DISTRICT VARIANCE ACTING ONE WAY AND THE TOTAL VARIANCE DOING SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 7 ON THIS MODEL —

WYNN: 7 ON THIS MODEL, 9.9%. AND ON DISTRICT NUMBER 8, I GUESS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST — EVEN IN ADDITION TO THE 9.9% VARIATION FROM 3 TO 7, ON 8, IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, THE VOTING AGE PERCENTAGE OF THAT DISTRICT IS 59.3% WHITE, WHEREAS IN I GUESS THE OPTION A SCENARIO, 8 WAS WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO AS AN IMPACT DISTRICT, MEANING THAT I GUESS THE MAJORITY OF THAT DISTRICT WAS MINORITY AND SO THEREFORE DOJ OR US IN GENERAL WOULD SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A FOURTH DISTRICT THAT CLEARLY THE MINORITY VOTING PERCENTAGE WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WHO WOULD REPRESENT THAT PART OF TOWN.

THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. THE TRADE-OFF, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WE LOST THAT COALITION. WE LOST THAT MAJORITY MINORITY DISTRICT. 8 NOW DROPPED BELOW AND GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO 45% MINORITY. IT WAS AT 59%.

WYNN: IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT GOES DOWN TO LESS THAN 41%. GOOD POINT. THAT'S ALL FOR ME NOW, MAYOR.

SLUSHER: MAYOR?

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER.

SLUSHER: THAT'S TRUE. AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, IN THIS DISTRICT THAT I THINK THE WHOLE OF DISTRICT 8 AND AT LEAST LARGE PARTS OF IT ARE A PART OF PRECINCT 1, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT IN THE SYSTEM AND HAVE FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS ELECTED AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT ON THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, EVEN THOUGH THE AREA IS ONLY, I THINK, 22% AFRICAN-AMERICAN. SO THERE IS A HISTORY OF ELECTING MINORITIES TO THE OFFICES IN THAT DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS WE'VE HEARD OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE OF HAVING A DISTRICT OR A MIXED SYSTEM IS WE HAVE — EVE HAD CONSIDERABLE MINORITY REPRESENTATION WITH THE AT-LARGE SYSTEM. SO I WOULD HOPE AND THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES, MAYBE EVEN BETTER IN THIS DISTRICT, TO ELECT SOMEONE OF ANY RACE AND NOT HAVE IT BASED ON RACE. SO IT'S TRUE THAT THE PERCENTAGES DO GO DOWN, BUT ALSO IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CENTRAL CITY, THE MAJORITY OF THE CENTRAL CITY NOT JUST BE LUMPED INTO ONE DISTRICT. ANY TIME WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPROMISE THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. WE SAW ON THE MAP THAT WAS UP THERE PREVIOUSLY IF WE TRIED TO GET A SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS SOMETHING I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND I BELIEVE WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY, THAT IF WE DO THAT, DO IT ONE WAY YOU COULD LOSE THE PERCENTAGES IN THE HISPANIC AND ONE OF THE HISPANIC MAJORITY DISTRICTS OR MAYBE EVEN BOTH OF THEM. AND IF YOU DO IT ANOTHER WAY, WE END UP WITH A WESTERN SUBURBAN DISTRICT THAT STRETCHES FROM HAYS TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SO I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT BEST BALANCES ALL THAT AND BEST REPRESENTS EVERYONE. AND I SEE WE'RE GETTING THE MAJORITY OF THAT RIGHT NOW ON OPTION A IS THE CENTRAL CITY RELATIVE TO THE POOR OF AUSTIN. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS RIGHT HERE. AND I DID BACK OFF AND GIVE UP HAVING THE SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT.

MAYOR GARCIA: I THINK THAT ON THIS MAP, MY CONCERN IS THAT DISTRICT 8 REALLY IS VERY GERRYMANDERED IN RUNNING ALL THE WAY FROM DOWNTOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF TOWN. [ INAUDIBLE ] I THINK THE OTHER TWO REALIGNMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, YOU KNOW, I CAN AGREE WITH AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE MAP THAT YOU DREW SHOWS MORE POPULATION AND BALANCING. THIS ONE HAS MORE OF WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED POLITICAL PREFERENCES. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY EACH ONE OF THOSE MAPS WOULD HAVE SPECIFICATIONS, BUT 8 IS THE ONE THAT BOTHERS ME. IT'S REALLY VERY GERRYMANDERED. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE TO GERRYMANDER DISTRICTS. ANYWAY, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS HERE THAT — LET'S SEE. WE HAVE FIVE — NO, WE HAVE MORE THAN FIVE. THE REASON I SAID FIVE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE OF THE FIVE. MR. GUS PENA. AND BEFORE MR. PENA COMES UP, WE HAVE A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER VISITING WITH US TONIGHT, WILLIE LEWIS. MR. LEWIS, WELCOME, SIR? GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. MR. GUS PENA? MR. PENA, I GUESS HE WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT HE'S NOT HERE AND HE'S REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF. MARK BOYTON. HE IS REGISTERED NOT WISHING TO SPEAK AND AGAINST. GLEN SHIELDS?

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GLEN SHIELDS. I SPOKE AT THE MEETING AT CROCKETT ABOUT OUR DISTRICT 3, AND BEFORE I THINK ABOUT IT, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ANOTHER SPEAKER SAID. SHE LIVES OVER BY CROCKETT HIGH IN DISTRICT 3 AND SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT SOMEONE ELECTED FROM THE EAST OF I-35 WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, I LIVE EAST OF I-35 AND I'M NOT SURE THAT SOMEONE FROM THE WEST PART OF DISTRICT 3 IS GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE, THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OF FLOODING I THINK ARE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE TO OUR — TO OUR EAST SIDE. WE HAVE ROAD PROBLEMS AND BRIDGE PROBLEMS AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS, BUT THEY'RE A DIFFERENT SITUATION IN THAT THE WESTERN PART OF DISTRICT 3. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DISTRICT 3 INCLUDE MORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, AROUND THE AIRPORT. I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IMPACTED BY WHAT HAPPENED AT THE AIRPORT AND THE PLANES THAT GO OVER OUR HOUSE. BUT AGAIN, THE PEOPLE OVER ON THE WEST SIDE AND IN BUCKINGHAM ESTATES, TEXAS OAKS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE THOSE PROBLEMS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THOSE PROBLEMS ACTIVELY. SO ALTHOUGH I SUPPORTED SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS VERY STRONGLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT DESIGN IS GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MR. SHIELDS. MS. DOROTHY TURNER? GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. GUS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, I'VE BEEN — IF IT WERE AT THAT OTHER PART OF TOWN, I WOULDN'T BE HERE, OKAY? SO I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS FOR THE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS, BUT I THINK IT'S TOTALLY, TOTALLY THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS AGAINST IT. WE'RE ALSO CONTACTING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, OKAY? I THINK IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR YOU ALL TO SIT HERE AND COME UP WITH A SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICT PLAN WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A MAP. NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR GAME PLAN IS, BUT SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT. AND A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT IS NOT BROKE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK UP THERE AT THAT DAIS. IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T TRY TO FIX IT! . AND I HATE THE TERM MINORITY. DON'T REFER TO ME AS A MINORITY. IF YOU WANT TO REFER TO US AS MINORITIES, STAY OUT OF MEXICO, STAY OUT OF AFRICA, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE THE MAJORITY IN THE WORLD AND YOU WANT TO COME BACK HERE AND TALK ABOUT MINORITIES. WE ARE NOBODY'S MINORITY. WE ARE THE MAJORITY. YOU ALL WANT TO LOOK AT ALL AS MINORITIES BECAUSE THEN WE BECOME INSIGNIFICANT AND Y'ALL CAN PLAY YOUR LITTLE GAMES AND HAVE YOUR FINE CLOTHES AND WANT THE VOTE. WE VOTE ENOUGH. IF WE DIDN'T VOTE ENOUGH, YOU ALL WOULDN'T COME IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. YOU WOULD STAY OUT OF IT. BUT AS LONG AS TWO OF US GO TO THE POLLS, WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE, PEOPLE. WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WE ARE NOBODY'S MINORITY. WE ARE THE MAJORITY AND WE MUST STOP THESE PEOPLE FROM REFERRING TO US AS MINORITIES BECAUSE THEY FEEL IT'S SIGNIFICANT. THAT IS THE REASON THEY COME OUT ON YOUR MAP, OKAY? WE ARE TOTALLY, TOTALLY, TOTALLY AGAINST SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. ALL OF THE MONEY IS IN ONE POT, WE CAN'T GET NOTHING OUT OF THAT POT NOW. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF YOU WITH SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS. WHAT WE MUST DO IS BECOME MORE POLITICALLY ASTUTE AND HOLD ALL OF THEM ACCOUNTABLE. I KNOW HOW TO LOBBY. I'VE BEEN SICK, BUT I DIDN'T DIE, OKAY? I KNOW HOW TO LOBBY AND I'M DOING SOME SERIOUS EDUCATING RIGHT NOW, OKAY? WE MUST GET THESE PEOPLE MORE POLITICALLY EDUCATED, AT LEAST A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT INTACT. JUST LOOK UP THERE ON THAT DAIS. IT'S NOT BROKE. WHAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO FIX IT FOR!!?? AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO PUT IN, NOBODY IS SPENDING MY MONEY GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY TRYING TO FIND A CITY MANAGER, YOU GOT THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU, MS. TURNER. MS. JONES DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AND IS REGISTERED AGAINST. MARY SOLINEK? AND THE LAST SPEAKER IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS MR. WILLIE LEWIS, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AND IS REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF.

THANK YOU, AGAIN, MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU. AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR REPRESENTING ALL OF AUSTIN. YOU DO AND YOU DO A FINE JOB. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO STAY A CITY WITH AN AT-LARGE COUNCIL. AUSTIN NEEDS TO BE UNITED, NOT DIVIDED. AND WE HAVE TOO MANY THINGS DIVIDED IN THIS ALREADY. AND WE NEED TO BE UNITED. ADD AN AT-LARGE COUNCIL IS UNITED AND Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF REPRESENTING THE WHOLE CITY AND HAVE IT BE A WHOLE CITY AND REPRESENT IT TO ACTUALLY THE WORLD AND THE WHOLE CITY. AND WE HAVE SISTER CITIES AND WE GET LOTS OF AWARDS. AND WE ARE A CITY WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE ONE CITY. AND LET'S STAY ONE CITY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME SAY THAT THE INITIATIVE TO CONSIDER SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PACKETS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE NEVER HAD COUNCILMEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL. YOU TAKE — A COUNCILMEMBER ON THIS COUNCIL. YOU TAKE THE AREA FROM 40TH STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE CITY, THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYBODY FROM THERE. NORTHWEST HILLS DOES NOT HAVE ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL. AND THE LAST PERSON THAT WAS HERE FROM THAT AREA WAS A FORMER COUNCILMEMBER. AND THE OAK HILL AREA. THE DOVE SPRINGS AREA KNOWN AS DISTRICT 3, COUNCILMEMBER LARSEN WAS THERE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM THAT AREA. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER AND MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN MAY LIVE IN EITHER 3 OR 4, BUT THE PURPOSE HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL AREAS OF TUNE COME TO THIS COUNCIL — TOWN COME TO THIS COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DELIBERATION THAT INVOLVES PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL WORKS VERY WELL AND THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB BEING ELECTED FROM THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT STILL LEAVES AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF ARE WE GOING TO HAVE RECOMMENDATION IN MORE PARTS OF THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT. COUNCILMEMBERS, THAT'S ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, ALL THE CITIZENS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WYNN: SO MOVE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

MAYOR GARCIA: THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NOW, HERE ARE THE OPTIONS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THEM TO US?

THANK YOU. I'M JOHN STEINER WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT. AT THIS POINT I GUESS THE DECISION THAT THE STAFF WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO MAKE WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THE FINAL BIT OF WORK ON THE MAP THAT'S BEEN CALLED OPTION A OR, IF NOT, THEN WE NEED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR FINISHING UP WORK WITH ANOTHER OPTION. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST DECISION POINT. OPTION A IS VERY CLOSE TO BEING A FINISHED PRODUCT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT. BUT OBVIOUSLY IF COUNCIL'S DECISION IS TO BEGIN LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS, THEN THERE'S NO POINT INTO GOING INTO THAT FINE POINT OF OPTION A.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. THE DECISION IS DOES THE COUNCIL ACCEPT THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF DISTRICTS AS DRAWN? AND WE HAVE TWO PROTOTYPE MAPS. ONE DRAWN BY THE STAFF USING THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT — [ INAUDIBLE ] MR. ROBINSON, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE CRITERIA THAT YOU USED FOR THE FIRST PROTOTYPE? THAT ONE, YES.

YES, SIR. A TWO-STEP PROCESS, TWO LEVEL. THE FIRST STEP WAS TO MAXIMIZE THESE DISTRICTS, 1, 2, 3 AND 8, USING A STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROACH WITH THE AID OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ASSISTIVE SOFTWARE. THAT'S A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO HAVE AS GREAT A SHARE OF THAT COMMUNITY POPULATION WITHIN THAT DISTRICT AS POSSIBLE. THE SECOND STEP IS THEN TO MOVE OUT INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY AND CREATE DISTRICTS 7, 6, 5 AND 4 WITH THE CRITERIAS BEING NOT TO SPLIT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS, TO CREATE CONTIGUOUS, COMPACT DISTRICTS. TO DO AS GOOD A JOB AS WE COULD KEEPING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TOGETHER AND FOLLOWING LOGICAL GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES. AN OVERARCHING CONSTRAINT — AN OVERARCHING CONSTRAINT WAS TO KEEP EACH DISTRICT AS NEARLY EQUAL TO ONE ANOTHER IN TERMS OF TOTAL POPULATION AS WE COULD, WITH THE TOTAL POPULATION VARIANCE NOT EXCEEDING 10%, WHICH MR. STEINER GETS FROM THE INTENSIVE REVIEW OF CASE LAW.

MAYOR GARCIA: AND COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, IF YOU COULD OUTLINE THE SPECIFIC CRITERIAS THAT YOU USED AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THAT CRITERIA?

SLUSHER: WELL, IT WAS MUCH THE SAME CRITERIA IN THAT WE DIDN'T CHANGE DISTRICTS 1, 2 AND 3, BUT AS I STATED AND I'LL STATE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT THAT REPRESENTS THE — THAT AT LEAST HAS A STRONG REPRESENTATION FROM WHAT I CONSIDER THE CENTRAL CITY OF AUSTIN. AND I KNOW YOU SAY WELL, THAT'S MORE POLITICAL THAN WHAT THE STAFF DID, AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S TRUE, BUT THIS IS A POLITICAL PROCESS AND I THINK EVERY TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WHEN THERE'S BEEN DISTRICTS DRAWN, THERE'S BEEN SOME POLITICS INVOLVED IN IT. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A SITUATION OF WHERE I THINK EVERY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL COMES FROM THE CENTRAL CITY OF AUSTIN OR WOULD BE INSIDE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SINGLE DISTRICT. COUNCILMEMBER GOODMAN AND I CENTER SOUTH BEN WHITE, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY THE FURTHEST FROM THE CENTRAL. AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. [ LAUGHTER ] NO, THAT WAS GOOD. I'M JUST KIDDING. SO WE HAD THAT SITUATION WHERE IT'S BEEN SAID WHEN WE WERE ELECTED BY MUCH THE SAME CONSTITUENCY, NOT ALL OF US UP HERE ON THE DAIS. BUT WE'RE GETTING TOGETHER AND SAYING WE'RE TRYING TO BROADEN THE REPRESENTATION FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY WHERE IT'S NOT JUST — IT'S NOT AS MUCH FOR THE CENTRAL CITY AS THE DOMINANT FACTOR. BUT WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT WITH OPTION A IS THAT YOU REALLY TAKE ALMOST ALL THE STRENGTH AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL CITY AND LEAVE IT DOWN TO ONE DISTRICT. AND YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE POLITICAL, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE CONCERN AS WE'RE DRAWING THESE DISTRICTS THAT COULD GOVERN AUSTIN FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. I THINK THAT'S THE CORE OF AUSTIN. MOST OF WHAT'S IN THIS DISTRICT 5 ON OPTION A IS THE EARLIEST PARTS OF THE CITY. AND SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THERE BE MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT IN WHICH THOSE PRECINCTS ARE LOCATED. AND SO THAT'S SOME OF THE CRITERIA I USED, BUT I REPRESENT AGAIN THAT WE KEPT 1, 2 AND 3 THE SAME AND PROJECTED THE OPTION TO PUT 4 AND 7, THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST, INTO ONE DISTRICT. OF COURSE, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY POLITICAL AND A GERRYMANDER ITSELF TO HAVE A DISTRICT STRETCHING FROM HAYS COUNTY TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY. AND THAT WAS DONE IN — BY THE STATE LAWYER ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND THE DISTRICT NUMBER THAT EXISTED GOING ALL THE WAY INTO TRAVIS COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS JUST GOT CHANGED IN THE MOST RECENT REDISTRICTING. SO THAT'S SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT I USED.

MAYOR GARCIA: QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WYNN.

WYNN: YES, MR. STEINER, ON OPTION A WHAT I'M LOOKING AT A MAP THAT I DID ON THE OTHER SCENARIO FOR THE TOTAL VARIANCE, IF I READ IT CORRECTLY, DISTRICT 3 IS A MINUS 4.3% WAIVER OF THE BALANCE AND DISTRICT 7 IS 3.0. SO FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT THERE IS A 7.3% TOTAL VARIANCE IN OPTION A COMPARED TO A 9.9. I SHARE MOST OF THE THOUGHTS OF COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER IN REGARDS TO SORT OF THE CENTRAL CITY. IN FACT, IT SEEMS TO ME NOT EVEN FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT, JUST SORT OF FROM A URBAN PLANNING STANDPOINT, I SEE ADVANTAGES, FRANKLY, IN A SENSE HAVING — HAVING AN AREA LIKE DOWNTOWN WHERE WE OFTEN SAY WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN THAT'S SORT OF EVERYBODY'S DOWNTOWN, SO THAT BEGINS TO BRING IN THE CONCEPT OF HOW DO YOU HAVE SORT OF MORE INTEREST IN YOUR URBAN CORE, ORIGINAL CITY CENTER. SO I SHARE THAT, ONE PIECE OF THAT DESIRE TO TRY TO BALANCE OUT AGAINST SORT OF THE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE OF KEEPING SMALLER, CONTIGUOUS, CONCISE DISTRICTS. I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHEN I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPTION A AND THE MOST RECENT MAPS, AS AN EXAMPLE, DISTRICT 6 REALLY ISN'T BROUGHT INTO THE URBAN CORE ANY MORE. IT'S STILL STOPS AT 35TH STREET, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL LINES ARE STILL THE SAME BETWEEN 5, 2, 3 AND 4. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BUYING THAT MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW, HELP FOR THE CENTRAL CITY. AND I LOOK AT DISTRICT 8 AND I RECOGNIZE THAT DRYFEUSS ANTIQUES AT THE CORNER OF EIGHTH AND LAMAR IS IN THE SAME DISTRICT AS ALL THE WAY TO ROUND ROCK. AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM — DOES SEEM PROBLEMATIC. BUT AT LEAST COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE THAT IDEA WITH THOSE — SO LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE AS MANY COUNCIL SEATS AS POSSIBLE SHOWING A STRONG INTEREST, AT LEAST AT ELECTION TIME FOR OUR ORIGINAL CITY CENTER AND URBAN CORE. IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TONIGHT TO PROPOSE, FRANKLY, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT PROPOSING AN 11TH HOUR MAP SEQUENCE. I'M STARTING TO STRUGGLE NOW WITH THE CONCEPT OF DO WE TRY TO HAVE A MAP FOR THE VOTERS FOR EARLY VOTING — ACTUALLY, BEFORE THE ELECTION OR DO WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT A TIMELY SORT OF PROJECTABLE FORMAT AFTER THE ELECTION?

SLUSHER: MAYOR? I SHARE SOME OF THAT TOO BECAUSE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER WYNN SAID, I DID PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE AND TRY TO WORK TOWARDS A MAP I COULD ACCEPT AND THAT EVERYBODY COULD ACCEPT. AND LIKE WAS SAID A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT I WAS GOING TO DO THAT AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC PROCESS WAS DONE, BUT I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER — I MEAN, I'M NOT TOTALLY COMFORTABLE, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROPOSALS TODAY AND THEN PASSING IT AS THE PLAN THAT'S LOCKED IN FOR THE VOTERS. SO I'M WILLING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COUNCILMEMBER WYNN SUGGESTED, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN PERHAPS PUT BOTH THESE MAPS OUT THERE AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK FROM AND SET UP A PROCESS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME TO A FINAL DECISION ON THE MAP, BUT NOT LOCK THAT IN TONIGHT. I'M WILLING TO DISCUSS THAT POSSIBILITY. I DON'T THINK I CAN VOTE FOR OPTION A FOR THE REASONS I'VE ALREADY STATED. AND I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND NOT WANTING TO VOTE THIS ONE THROUGH TONIGHT.

MAYOR GARCIA: IT SEEMS — IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT EITHER ONE, EITHER THE OPTION A OR THE OTHER? IS THERE A MOTION? ACTUALLY — WE VOTED FIVE-0-TWO, THE OPTION A. IF WE WERE TO VOTE ON THE OTHER ONE, WOULD THAT FIRST VOTE APPLY?

YOU CAN AMEND THE ORDINANCE BETWEEN READING. I THINK ESSENTIALLY IF COUNCIL WANTS TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS BESIDES THESE, THEN THE QUESTION IS WHAT PROCESS WOULD YOU LIKE TO ESTABLISH FOR DEVELOPING A NEW OPTION? SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE.

WYNN: MAYOR? YOU'VE ASKED FOR A MOTION. BEFORE WE PERHAPS GET THERE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. STEINER JUST — I THINK WE'VE GENERALLY HEARD YOUR ANALYSIS OR HANDICAPPING OF OUR OPTION A AND PARTS OF WHAT YOU PERCEIVE TO BE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANALYSIS POINTS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE — TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS MOST RECENT MAP?

FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT THAT THE BIG DIFFERENCE WOULD BE I THINK SHARED IN DISTRICT 8. UNDER OPTION A THAT IS A DISTRICT WITH 50% — EXCUSE ME FOR USING THAT TERM, BUT — BUT IT IS 60% MINORITY COALITION DISTRICT WITH A COMBINED MINORITY POPULATION OF 50%, WHICH IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, A GOOD THING. AND FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE DOJ ANALYSIS AND WE'LL BE LOSING A DISTRICT THAT HAS THAT PROFILE.

MAYOR GARCIA: MAYOR PRO TEM?

GOODMAN: CAN I ASK MR. STEINER TO BE JUST A LITTLE MORE — COULD YOU GO OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON A LIMB FOR ME AND SAY YES OR NO YOU THINK THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL LIKE THE PERCENTAGE, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT THAT WAY, AND WILL BE ABLE TO APPROVE IT?

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GO THAT FAR OUT ON A LIMB FOR YOU, BUT I CAN SAY THAT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I WOULD HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE TAKING OPTION A — TO A DOJ SUBMISSION THAN OPTION B. I'M NOT SAYING IT WOULD PASS MUSTER, BUT I'M SAYING IT IS QUITE WEAKER THAN OPTION A BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF THAT MINORITY COALITION DISTRICT IN DISTRICT 8.

GOODMAN: AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION OF HAVING DONE OUR FIRST READING, IS IT POSSIBLE TO AMEND A SECOND MAP INTO THE CURRENT — THE FEATURE OF WHAT'S POSTED IF WE ALSO ARE IDENTIFYING THEM AS PROTOTYPES AND NOT AT ALL ABSOLUTE — [ INAUDIBLE ] SO THAT THE BASIC PREMISE IS SORT OF LIKE OKAY, TWO BASIC WAYS OF SEPARATING INTO EIGHT DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THESE TWO MAPS ARE THE PROTOTYPES FOR THOSE. THIS IS NOT WHAT ANYBODY IS VOTING ON UP OR DOWN, BUT IS THE STARTING POINT FOR MINOR — [ INAUDIBLE ]

EXCUSE ME. I'M STRUGGLING TO HEAR. THE ONLY WAY THE COUNCIL CAN OFFSET A MAP IS BY ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE OF DISTRICTS IN THE CITY. ANYTHING SHORT OF THAT IS NOT LOCKING IN A MAP. I WOULD PROBABLY ADVISE THE COUNCIL NOT TO REPRESENT THAT SOMETHING WILL BE THE MAP THAT ULTIMATELY WINS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WILL PROBABLY CAUSE SOME DEGREE OF CONFUSION IN THE CITY ELECTION OF WHETHER IT IS THE MAP OR IS NOT THE MAP. BUT IF THE COUNCIL WERE NOT TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AT THIS TIME AND NOT TO ADOPT A MAP, THEN I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE SET OUT A PROCESS TO GET TO THAT MAP. AND THAT COULD INCLUDE SOME PRELIMINARY STAFF WORK. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO COMPLICATE THE FACT — A MAP WHICH WAS AN OPTION B MAP WHICH WAS PUT TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY AND VERY WELL. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE MAP IS THE PRODUCT OF A VERY HURRIED PROCESS AND IT MAY BE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE GOALS THAT ARE SET OUT WITH MORE REFINEMENT, GIVEN MORE TIME TO WORK ON THEM. CERTAINLY WE COULD MAYBE RATCHET DOWN THE POPULATION VARIANCE BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS A LITTLE BIT. AND ALSO THAT MAP HAS NOT BEEN OVERLAID WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS OR WITH COUNTY PRECINCTS, SO WE DON'T YET KNOW WITH RESPECT TO THIS OPTION HOW IT WOULD CUT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE. SO IF WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE ARE MORE OPTIONS, THEN WE COULD SET OUT A TIMETABLE BY WHICH WE COULD DO STAFF WORK TO CREATE MORE OPTIONS, BRINGING THEM BACK TO YOU. PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SET UP ANOTHER SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OR COMMUNITY HEARINGS, BUT MY GUESS WOULD BE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT — ACTUALLY, MY ADVICE WOULD BE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT AND THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION TO DO THE DISTRICT SO THAT IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND IT WAS A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTAND THAT THE DISTRICTS ARE NOT YET SET. SO IT SEEMS TO ME FOR PURPOSES OF PUBLIC CLARITY, IT'S A GOOD THING TO DRAW THE BRIGHT LINES AND SAY THE DISTRICTS ARE SET AND LOCKED IN OR SAY THEY'RE NOT SET AND LOCKED IN AS OPPOSED TO A SORT OF HALFWAY, THEY'RE NOT REALLY LOCKED IN, BUT WE'RE THINKING LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN IMAGINE PEOPLE WOULD COME BACK AND BE GREATLY DISAPPOINTED IF THEY RELIED ON SOMETHING THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS MORE OR LESS THE EYE DEAL AND IT TURNED — THE IDEAL AND IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE.

MAYOR GARCIA: BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. THE QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO HAVE MAPS BEFORE THE APRIL 17TH ELECTION OR NOT? AND TO DO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO SAY WE WILL ACCEPT THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE DISTRICTS AND SO ON. THAT WOULD BE EITHER A, CORRECT?

YES, SIR, THAT'S ONE WAY YOU COULD DO IT. OR WE COULD DECIDE IF — I GUESS REALLY AT THIS POINT AXE B IS PROBABLY — OPTION B IS PROBABLY NOT BETTER, THOUGH YOU COULD PASS IT ON A READING. IT'S REALLY PROBABLY NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT BECAUSE, AS I ALWAYS SAY, COUNCIL IS STILL CONCERNED NOT TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS. WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS CREATED JUST THIS MORNING AND HOW IT WORKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREAS AT ALL. SO REALLY THE ONLY MAP CLOSE TO COMPLETION IS OPTION A. MAYBE IF IT TURNS OUT THE COUNCIL IS NOT READY TO — TO COMMIT TO OPTION A, THEN WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS — IS — BECAUSE IT'S — IT'S LIKELY OPTION B CAN'T BE GOT READY FOR TOMORROW. SO, THEREFORE, FOR EITHER FINAL ADOPTION TOMORROW OF OPTION B I THINK IS NOT A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY. SO GIVEN THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO WITH OPTION A, WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE INTO A PROCESS THAT MIGHT LEAD TO ADOPTION OF A MAP AFTER THE ELECTION RATHER THAN BEFORE IT. IT MAY BE A SUGGESTION TO GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT EVERYBODY IS THINKING ABOUT OPTION A.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. LET ME RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO DON'T OPTION A? THIS WOULD BE ON SECOND AND THIRD READING. OR SECOND READING IN CASE YOU ALL WANT TO MEET TOMORROW AT 1:00. THERE'S NO MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO GO WITH THE PROCESS OF MR. — THAT MR. STEINER IS RECOMMENDING, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A MAP UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DO THAT?

ALVAREZ: MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE WAS PREPARED TO MAKE THAT MOTION, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. BUT — BUT I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS PARTICULAR — PARTICULAR OPTIONS ON THE TABLE. BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND I THINK WHAT THE GOALS COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AT THIS POINT I'M HESITANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT'S SO DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S BEEN CIRCULATED IN THE COMMUNITY FORUMS AND THAT WE HAVE GUN GETTING INPUT ON, THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER. AND — AND SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WELL, WHAT'S — I MEAN OPTION A, HOW DIFFERENT IS IT THAN THIS OPTION. I THINK IT'S NOT — I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY GIVE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HAVE GOOD REPUTATION FROM CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT YOU WILL HAVE — I THINK SPECIALLY IF YOU GO WITH OPTION A IN THE — WITH THE — COULD YOU PUT THAT MAP BACK UP THERE? THERE'S A CONCERN I THINK ABOUT THE CENTRAL CITY AND THE AMOUNT OF — OF A VOICE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE. I GUESS, I MEAN IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I MEAN, I THINK YOU ARE INFLUENCING 5 AND 6. I GUESS IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 6 LIKE IT NOT THE CENTRAL CITY. BUT I THINK IT'S — I THINK THOSE ARE VERY ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD ADVOCATE PRINCIPLES THAT I THINK PERSONALLY I WOULD SUPPORT. THEN ALSO IN AREA 8, WE DEFINED AS AN AREA THAT'S GOT A MAJORITY, MINORITY OR MAJORITY PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THAT, SO I THINK AGAIN THAT WOULD NECESSITATE ADVOCATING OR MAKING SURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS ADVOCATING FOR THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT'S — TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER IS TRYING TO ALSO ACCOMPLISH WITH HIS VERSION AND, YOU KNOW, I — I TEND TO SUPPORT THIS ORIGINAL OPTION A, ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME TWEAKING DONE TO — TO THE OTHER OPTION. I THINK TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S BETTER, IT'S PACKAGED IN A BETTER WAY. BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION A. BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME MORE TWEAKING, OBVIOUSLY —

MAYOR GARCIA: LET ME GIVE YOU AN OPTION, COUNCILMEMBER. WE CAN ADOPT OPTION A ON SECOND READING TODAY. WE HAVE A POSTED MEETING FOR TOMORROW AT 1:00. BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, IF THERE'S ANY TWEAKING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO, WE CAN DO IT AND GET TOGETHER FOR THE THIRD READING. THAT — THAT WAY IT GIVES THE STAFF AND — AND COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER TIME TO REFINE SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE — OF THE [INAUDIBLE]. SO THAT CAN BE DONE. SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO —

STEINER: I DON'T WANT TO JUMP RIGHT IN, BUT IF THE COUNCIL IS LEANING MORE TOWARDS OPTION B OR SOME COMPROMISE BETWEEN A AND B, I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A FALSE EXPECTATION THAT ALL OF THE KINKS COULD BE WORKED — KINKS COULD BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN NOW AND 1:45 TOMORROW.

MAYOR GARCIA: SURE. IF WE DON'T WORK THEM OUT, WE DON'T HAVE A MAP. OKAY? SO — LET ME SEE IF THERE IS A MOTION TO ADOPT OPTION A.

THOMAS: SO MOVE, MAYOR.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, IS THERE A SECOND?

ALVAREZ: SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. OKAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS FOR SECOND READING.

THOMAS: YES, SECOND READING.

MAYOR GARCIA: OKAY. DISCUSSION?

THOMAS: YES, MAYOR. I TELL YA, I'M LOOKING AT THIS GOING — I'M CONCERNED ABOUT — I SEE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER WANTS TO DO AND I'M NOT TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. BUT I'M — I'M LOOKING AT STARTING OUT WITH A, WE HAD — IN THAT DISTRICT THAT — THAT 8, WE HAD A 14.2, THEN WHEN WE WENT TO B, WE WENT TO 9.7. SO IF WE COULD MAYBE TOMORROW, I KNOW WE CAN'T IRON OUT EVERYTHING TOMORROW, BUT — BUT WORK AT SOME OTHER KIND OF FIGURES AND THE COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE PART OF THAT 6 ON THIS BEING, WE MIGHT COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. IF YOU TAKE THAT — THAT B, RIGHT ABOVE 6, RIGHT IN THAT AREA. COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA. THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT WE WOULD NEED TO STICK WITH 8 AND WORK ON THAT TOMORROW.

WYNN: MAYOR?

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER WYNN?

WYNN: I GUESS QUESTIONS FOR MR. STEINER AGAIN. TWO WEEKS OR SO AGO WHEN WE DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO TRY TO HAVE A MAP DONE PRIOR TO THE EARLY VOTING, WE ALL RECOGNIZED THAT THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY FAST AND SHORT TIME FRAME TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, THE PIO STAFF AND OTHERS GOT TOGETHER AND CREATED A — YOU KNOW, AS SIGNIFICANT AS WE COULD AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TO GET THE WORD OUT TO GET THAT PARTICULAR PROTOTYPE MAP OUT. IS THERE A D.O.J. ISSUE — MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE FROM THE PROTOTYPE MAP THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR THESE VERY SHORT TWO WEEKS, IS THERE A D.O.J. ISSUE PERHAPS THAT — THAT, ONE, TWO WEEKS WASN'T LONG ENOUGH TO GET A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY INPUT TO BEGIN WITH. BUT THEN, TWO, YOU KNOW, WE CHANGE THE MAP — YOU KNOW, MODERATELY, YOU KNOW, AT THE 11TH HOUR.

STEINER: I GUESS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY I CAN ANSWER THAT IS TO SAY ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, MORE PROCESS IS BETTER THAN LESS PROCESS.

WYNN: BUT THEY IN FACT WILL JUDGE OUR PROCESS, WE KNOW THAT.

STEINER: THEY WILL JUDGE OUR PROCESS. THEY WILL JUDGE THE EXTENT OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THE EXTENT OF OUR CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNITY INPUT.

WYNN: THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO CONSIDER TWO WEEKS TO BE RECORD TIME. I'M STRUGGLING HERE, MY COLLEAGUES, WITH WHAT I SEE ARE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A MAP PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE DONE IT IN TWO WEEKS. YOU KNOW, VERSUS HAVING THE — THE VOTERS, YOU KNOW, VOTE JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS UP OR DOWN AND GIVING THE COUNCIL A MONTH OR SO, PERHAPS TWO MORE MONTHS TO HAVE MORE OUTREACH AND MORE DEFINITION ON THE MAP.

STEINER: YES, SIR. I MEAN THE POLITICAL TRADEOFF OBVIOUSLY IS THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO — WELL, AMONG THE TRADEOFFS THAT COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER IN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BETTER OR WORSE TO HAVE A MAP BEFORE THE ELECTION WOULD BE THAT NOT GOING WITH THE MAP BEFORE — ON THE PLUS SIDE, I GUESS, OF NOT GOING WITH THE MAP BEFORE THE ELECTION IS THAT YOU DO HAVE MORE TIME FOR PROCESS AND YOU DO HAVE MORE TIME FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. THAT HAS TO BE COUNTER BALANCED AGAINST — THE VALUE THAT YOU WOULD PUT ON PEOPLE KNOWING FOR A CERTAINTY THAT A CERTAIN MAP WAS LOCKED IN OR NOT LOCKED IN AT THE TIME THEY VOTE ON THE CONCEPT. IT IS — IT IS A — BOTH A PRACTICAL AND A POLITICAL TRADEOFF THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO WEIGH. CERTAINLY, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT FROM THE PURE STANDPOINT OF THE QUALITY OF OUR MAP PRODUCT, MORE TIME AND MORE PROCESS IS BETTER THAN LESS TIME AND LESS PROCESS.

MAYOR GARCIA: ONE OTHER THING, COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT IF WE PASS AN ORDINANCE TOMORROW, ADOPTING THESE MAPS, IT HAS TO BE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE IF WE PASS IT ON THE 12TH, IT WON'T BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE 22ND, WHICH IS FIVE DAYS AFTER THE BEGINNING OF —

STEINER: THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T MATTER SINCE ONCE YOU PASS THE ORDINANCE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE — EVEN WITHOUT AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE. IF YOU PASS AN ORDINANCE IT AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE 11TH DAY AFTER PASSAGE AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CHARTER IS WRITTEN, PASSAGE OF IT LOCKS YOU INTO IT. SO — EVEN THOUGH IT WOULDN'T BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR A FEW DAYS, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE COULDN'T RELY UPON IT AS BEING THE LOCKED IN MAP. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A WORRY, AT LEAST ON THAT.

MAYOR GARCIA: WELL, I THINK GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES ALL AROUND THIS, MR. STEINER, THE COUNCIL COULD COME BACK AND SAY WE ARE GOING TO REVERSE THE ORDINANCE AND THE VOTING HAD ALREADY STARTED. WE COULD DO IT ON THE 18TH. WE COULD COME BACK AND SAY, NO, WE ARE WITHDRAWING THE MAPS. PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED VOTING. SO — IF WE ARE GOING TO PASS AN ORDINANCE, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE GO AHEAD AND PASS IT WITH EMERGENCY — WITH THE EMERGENCY PROVISIONS SO THAT IT GOES INTO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY, PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE.

STEINER: THAT REQUIRES FIVE VOTES.

ALVAREZ: MAYOR?

MAYOR GARCIA: COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ?

ALVAREZ: PERSONALLY, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A MAP FOR THE ELECTION. OTHERWISE I THINK THE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE PUBLIC ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER THIS FAVORABLY OR — YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THAT'S — I JUST THINK ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER IT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE CAN'T EVEN AGREE ON A MAP, AND THAT MEANS THEN THAT THE VOTERS — VOTERS ARE NOT THEMSELVES GOING TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO AND NOT REALLY SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THAT — THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO — I GUESS WHAT DISTRICT ARE THEY GOING TO BE IN ONCE THEY VOTE? I THINK THAT'S — AGAIN, I DON'T — I MEAN I THINK THAT THAT WOULD — WOULD SEND A MESSAGE THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY — AGAIN, THAT STILL NEEDS SOME WORK. YOU KNOW, THEN FOLKS WILL MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING OR NOT ABOUT THAT INFORMATION. ONE THING THAT I WOULD ASK, IF WE ARE GOING TO — GOING TO CONSIDER THIS TOMORROW, IS THAT THE STAFF COULD TRY TO — TO TAKE THE LOWER PART OF — ON THAT VERSION RIGHT THERE, THAT IS ILLUSTRATED, I THINK WE ARE CALLING IT OPTION B, IS TO TAKE THE LOWER PART OF TRACT 6 OR DISTRICT 6 AND THE LOWER PART OF DISTRICT 8 AND COMBINED THEM AND THEN TAKE THE UPPER PART OF DISTRICT 6 AND THE UPPER PART OF DISTRICT 8 AND COMBINE THOSE AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE — WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND IN TERMS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES AND — AND THE — YOU KNOW, THE OTHER — THE OTHER BOUNDARIES, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER ELECTED OFFICES. DO YOU UNDERSTAND MORE OR LESS WHAT I AM SAYING? BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE LOWER PART OF 6 AND THE LOWER PART OF 8, YOU COMBINE THOSE INTO ONE DISTRICT, THEN YOU TAKE THE OTHER — RIGHT, THE OTHER — EXACTLY. WHICH STARTS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING A LITTLE MORE LIKE OPTION A, BUT IT MAY HELP ACCOMPLISH I THINK SOME OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER WAS TRYING TO — TO ADDRESS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ADD. IF WE ARE GOING TO PASS IT ONLY ON SECOND READING, THAT WE — THAT WE — THAT WE TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH ANOTHER MAP.

MAYOR GARCIA: THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER?

SLUSHER: JUST REAL QUICKLY. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE GOT THESE TWO MAPS AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND DRAWN A MAP, BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE — I DON'T THINK WE ARE THERE YET. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MAKE THE MOTION TO — TO PASS MINE I WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO FOLK. BUT I WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HAVING DRAWING IT ONE DAY AND LOCKING IT IN THE NEXT. AND BUT I THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO WORK OUT A MUCH BETTER MAP BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. I'M REAL SKEPTICAL THAT WE COULD DO THAT BY TOMORROW. I JUST THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S — THAT'S TOO IMPORTANT TO RUSH. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE MAP BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET A PRODUCT THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH. SO I WOULD PREFER TO TAKE THIS WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, SAY IT'S GOOD TO — GOOD TO BE WORKING ON THE DEADLINE, SO TO SPEAK, BUT THAT WE HAVE GOT, WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS. BUT WE NEED — THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE THAN WE CAN DO BY TOMORROW. SO — SO I WOULD PREFER TO WAY SEE WHAT THE VOTERS SAY ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF THE MIXED PLAN, THEN FINISH DRAWING THE LINES AFTER THAT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION FOR OPTION A, BECAUSE I CAN'T SUPPORT OPTION A.

OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM?

LET ME WEIGH IN HERE WITH SOMEWHAT SIMILAR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. I THINK MR. STEINER IS RIGHT WITH THE — MORE WITH HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION THAN WITH HIS VERBAL EXPRESSIONS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TWO WEEKS BEING A REAL SHORT TIME FRAME. IT DOES MAKE ME WONDER. ON THE OTHER HAND, A LONG AND TORTUROUS AND NEVER ENDING PROCESS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN PERHAPS. BUT WHAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH IS SEEING THAT MAP THAT LOOKS JUST RIGHT TO ME. I THINK IN TWO WEEKS, CERTAINLY IN TWO OR THREE DAYS, THAT'S ASKING AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEN TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE VOTERS IS ALSO I THINK MAYBE IMPOSSIBLE. BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT TOTALLY IN LIMBO. SO THAT IF WE HAVE — IF WE HAVE THE COMBINATION OF — NOW BOUND DEARS THAT COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ SUGGESTED BY TOMORROW AND IF THAT LOOKS RIGHT ENOUGH TO US, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONCEPT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE VOTERS. NOT TO VOTE ON, BUT SO THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS SOME SORT OF FINITE POINT OF DEPARTURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THE CONCEPT FROM. SO THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO KICK-OFF FROM AND — AND NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST A NEBULOUS NON-VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN GET A FEEL FOR. SO — SO IF WE CAN DO IT BY CONCEPT AT THIS POINT, I THINK I'M MORE COMFORTABLE. ALTHOUGH IF THAT PERFECT MAP IS ABLE TO BE CREATED BY COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ'S IDEAS, MAYBE WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT TOMORROW. BUT NO THE MOMENT I WOULD RATHER NOT VOTE ON OPTION A. PER SE. OR OPTION B.

FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

MAYOR GARCIA: OPPOSED?

NO.

NO.

MAYOR GARCIA: I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T VOTED ON IT, I VOTE NO ON IT. JUST SO THAT WE DON'T GO INTO TOMORROW, FOR THE MEETING TOMORROW BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO AND I GUESS WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MAP, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ELECTION. WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THAT CAN BE USED AS WE MOVE TOWARD SUBMISSION TO D.O.J. AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN THIS TIME PERIOD SO THAT WE — SO THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

STEINER: SIR, DOES THE COUNCIL WISH TO HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW?

MAYOR GARCIA: NO.

STEINER: NO.

MAYOR GARCIA: I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

STEINER: OKAY.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE ARE GOING TO BE IN SAME PREDICAMENT. IT'S TOO SHORT OF A TIME PERIOD. THIS MAP, THE ONE THAT IS — THAT IS OPTION B, HAS — HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE COMMUNE — OUT IN THE COMMUNITY EXPECT FOR TODAY. WE HAD JUST VERY FEW SPEAKERS, THOUGH. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD NOT SEEN THIS MAP. THE NUMBERS ARE NOT CRUNCHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THEREFORE WE ARE REALLY NOT READY. BUT IT IS A GOOD — IT HAS SOME REAL GOOD QUALITIES TO IT. AND THOSE TWO MAPS CAN BE USED TO — TO DEVELOP OUT OF THOSE A MAP THAT CAN REALLY — CAN REALLY REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS AND THE — IN THE RIGHT WAY. SO I THINK GOOD WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE NEEDS TO BE USED TO DO FURTHER WORK IN DEVELOPING A MAP THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCEPT.

STEINER: WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THEN, SIR, WOULD BE TO — TO PREPARE A WORK PLAN TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL TO ARRIVE AT A MAP AND TO — TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT SATISFIES THE COUNCIL THAT HAS — THAT HAS GOT COMMUNITY BUY-IN TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN ELICIT IT, SO —

MAYOR GARCIA: IT SAYS COUNCIL AND STAFF [INAUDIBLE] REVISED TIME TABLE, THERE'S ONE OVER HERE.

STEINER: OKAY.

MAYOR GARCIA: I THINK THE DIRECTION IS TO USE BOTH MAPS TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I THINK THE BIGGEST CRITICISM IS THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE COMMUNITY — THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK AT THESE MAPS. AND — AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM IN TIME FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THEM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE EARLY VOTING STARTS. BUT IT CAN BE USED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICTS PASSES, WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT, WORKING ON A MAP THAT WE WILL SUBMIT TO D.O.J. QUITE FRANKLY, MAPS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DISCUSSION IN THESE ELECTIONS. SOME PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DRAW IT AFTER AND TAKE MORE TIME, SOME PEOPLE SAY I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT UNLESS THERE'S A MAP. THERE'S PEOPLE LOOKING FOR REASONS TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST IT. MOSTLY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR REASONS TO VOTE AGAINST IT. SO I THINK THE APPROACH THAT COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER AND MAYOR PRO TEM HAVE PUT ON THE TABLE MAKES SOME SENSE. LET'S TAKE OUR TIME TO DRAW A MAP THAT — THAT WE CAN DEFEND BEFORE D.O.J.

STEINER: YES, SIR.

MAYOR GARCIA: THANK YOU.

GOODMAN: MAYOR, ARE THESE TWO MAPS GOING TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE AT ALL FOR INFORMATION?

MAYOR GARCIA: I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE WITH EXPLANATIONS.

GOODMAN: SAY THAT SO FAR THESE ARE THE BASIC PROPOSALS THAT HAVE ARE BEING DISCUSSED. THERE ARE ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN DIVIDE THE CITY AND POPULATION INTO 8 DISTRICTS SO THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF FINE NATE —

STEINER: WE CAN DO THAT.

MAYOR GARCIA: WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, I HAVE A CARD HERE SIGNED BY MS. OB CONLEY, WHO DEMANDS THAT WE LISTEN TO HER SPEAK. IS MS. CONLEY THERE.

SHE LEFT.

MAYOR GARCIA: SHE WENT HOME. OKAY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVE.

SECOND.

MAYOR GARCIA: MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF 6 TO 0 TO 1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFITH OUT OF TOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.

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