Closed Caption Log, Council Meeting
Thursday, July 11, 2002

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...THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE AN SPONSORSHIP BY LAS VEGAS THE MIDWIVES TO PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT REQUIRING PHYSICIANS PHYSICALLY THERE AT THE TIME OF BIRTH. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. THE MIDWIVES AT BRECKENRIDGE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL, BENEFICIAL CARE THROUGH POST NATAL CARE PRIMARILY TO WOMEN ON MEDICAID. A STUDY THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1998 BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOUND THAT RISKS ARE LOWER FOR BIRTHS ATTENDED BY CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES THAN FOR BIRTHS ATTENDED BY PHYSICIANS AFTER CONTROLLING FOR A VARIETY OF SPECIAL AND MEDICAL RISK FACTORS. THE CLOSING OF BOTH AUSTIN'S -- THE CLOSING OF AUSTIN'S HOSPITAL-BASED MIDWIFERY SERVICES COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE AUSTIN BIRTHRATE IS INCREASING, THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IS INCREASING AND LOCAL OBSTETRICIANS ARE REDUCING THEIR SERVICES. IN MAY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS NAMED TEXAS AS ONE OF THE FIRST STATES WHERE THE AVAILABILITY OF PHYSICIANS TO DELIVER BABIES WILL BE SEVERELY JEOPARDIZED BY A CHRONIC PROBLEM IN THE NATION'S MEDICAL LIABILITY SYSTEM. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AN ESTIMATED ONE FIFTH OF AUSTIN OBSTETRICIANS HAVE STOPPED DELIVERING BABIES. ADDITIONALLY THE NUMBER OF WOMEN DELIVERING AT BRECKENRIDGE WITHOUT ANY PRENATAL CARE HAS RISEN FROM 5.6% IN 1998 TO 9.5% TODAY. THE LOSS OF WOMEN'S CHILDBIRTH CHOICES IN AUSTIN WILL ONLY INCREASE THE HEALTHCARE BURDEN IN TERMS OF BOTH ACCESS AND COST. WE ARE AWARE THAT WHEN THE FINANCIAL DECISION ON THE PART OF OB/GN'S TO SEEK SPONSORSHIP OF THE MIDWIVES. AT THE VERY LEAST WE HOPE TO CHANGE SPONSORSHIP RIRMGTS TO ALLOW OTHER PHYSICIANS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE PRESENT AT EVERY LABOR AND BIRTH. THAT CERTAINLY IS A FINANCIAL DIFFERENCE FOR ANY PHYSICIAN. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: MR. MOTAZ AL-HASAN. MR. AL-HASAN. MRS. NATALIS UZOFF-GALLETTI. AND FOLLOWING MS. GALLETTI IS G. ANN TARLETON.

HELLO. MY NAME IS MOTAZ AL-HASAN AND AND -- CAN I GO AHEAD?

Mayor Garcia: YEAH, YOU'RE ON.

OKAY, THANKS. MY NAME IS MOTAZ AL-HASAN AND I'M REPRESENTING AUSTIN INITIATIVES AND WE'RE A GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT PRESSURE ON PEOPLE OF AUSTIN TO PUT PRESSURE ON INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS CITIES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TO DIVEST IN COMPANIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL. AND ONE COMPANY THAT IS PERSONAL TO BOTH AUSTIN IS INTEL. AS YOU KNOW, INTEL BUILT A PLANT DOWNTOWN LAST MARCH BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S BUILDING A PLANT IN ISRAEL. AS YOU KNOW ISRAEL OCCUPIED THE WEST BANK IN GAZA STRIP IN 1967 AND THE METHODS THEY HAVE USED TO ENSURE THEY STAY THERE IS BUILD SETTLEMENTS AND BUILD PLANTS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT IS THE PLANT IN JERUSALEM RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN IT COMES TO HIM -- TIME TO LEAVE THESE AREAS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS PLANTE? I JUST RETURNED FROM ISRAEL IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES WITH THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND I HAD SOME SLIDES BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE LAP-TOP DIDN'T WORK. SO I HAVE SOME PICTURES. THE FIRST TWO ARE OF AN AMBULANCE GOING THROUGH A CHECKPOINT AND HAVING TO TURN AROUND. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM MAINLY ESPECIALLY -- 62 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN HAVE DIED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET TO A HOSPITAL ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME COMPLICATIONS DURING BIRTH, DEFECTS OR DURING WOMEN IN LABOR WHERE NOT ONLY THE CHILD DIES BUT ALSO THE MOM. AND THIS IS A PROBLEM IN PALESTINE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE POOR. FOR EXAMPLE IN THE GAZA STRIP EACH MOTHER AVERAGES 61/4 CHILDREN. SOME OF THE OTHER PICTURES OF OF A BULLDOZED HOME. PALESTINIANS NEED TO GET PERMITS TO BUILD THE HOMES ON WHAT THEY SEE IS THEIR LAND. IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET A PERMIT. SO THEY DON'T BOTHER. AND AS ISRAEL PLEASES, IT WILL COME AND USE THE BULLDOZERS THAT TAXPAYERS PROVIDE FROM CATERPILLAR AND THEY BULLDOZE THE HOME AS THEY SEE FIT. THE OTHER PICTURES ARE OF THE CHECKPOINT AT A PALESTINIAN COLLEGE. THIS REALLY IS PALESTINIAN COLLEGE AND AS YOU KNOW A LOT OF LIBERAL MOVEMENTS START OFF ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES FOUR OR FIVE HOURS TO GET TO YOUR COLLEGE AND IT'S REALLY HARD T. OTHER PICTURES ARE OF A FARM AND FARM LAND GETS UPROOTED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE SETTLEMENT THAT ISRAEL WANTS TO MAKE ON PALESTINIAN LAND.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. UZOFF-GALLETTI, AND FOLLOWING MS. UZOFF-GALLETTI IS MS. ANN TARLETON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND KMEBS AND STAFF. MY NAME'S NATIONAL A LIS UZOFF-GALLETTI. I COME HERE AS A TAXPAYER, AND ALSO A VOTER. I'M ALSO HERE IN REGARDS TO THE AUSTIN MIDWIVES AT BRECKENRIDGE HOSPITAL AND HOW THE FACT THAT THIS IS MY HOSPITAL, BEING A TAXPAYER AND IT'S A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, I SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN WHAT SERVICES ARE AND ARE NOT OFFERED AT THAT HOSPITAL. IN REGARDS TO THE MIDWIFERY AVAILABILITY THERE, IF THE MIDWIVES ARE TAKEN AWAY, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSULTED ON THIS ISSUE. NO MATTER WHO MANSION THE HOSPITAL, WHETHER IT BE SETON OR SOME OTHER CITY OR WHAT'S ALSO BEING CONSIDERED, THE COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, NO MATTER WHO TAKES CARE OF IT, ME AS A TAXPAYER SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN WHAT GETS DONE THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS CITED ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE MIDWIVES THERE DURING THIS TRIAL WHICH WAS ACTUALLY NEVER REALLY PUBLICLY NOTED A A -- AS A TRIAL WHERE SETON ACTUALLY HAD GREAT PLANS FOR HAVING MIDWIVES IN GREATER NUMBER AT THE HOSPITAL AND THE SETON-RUN CLINICS, NOT THE CITY CLINICS. I'M AWARE THE MIDWIVES RAILROAD NOT OPERATING IN THOSE. -- WERE NOT OPERATING IN THOSE. IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THAT COST WAS AN ISSUE. AS LIBBA ALSO MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT BABIES DELIVERED BY MIDWIVES TEND TO HAVE HEALTHIER OUTCOMES, BOTH EARLY IN LIFE AND LATER IN LIFE, WHICH WOULD THEN REDUCE OUR COST FOR THESE CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE THROUGH THE CITY SYSTEM AS THEY GROW UP. WOULD ALSO REDUCE OUR COST WHEN THEY GO TO AISD AND BECAUSE THEY ARE HEALTHY CHILDREN, WOULD NOT NEED SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEM AT AISZ, -- D, THUS KEEPING DOWN ME AS A TAXPAYER THEIR TAXES. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT THIS IS A CITY SERVICE THAT IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, A CITY RESIDENT, AND I WANT A SAY-SO IN IT AND I SAY I DON'T WANT IT TAKEN AWAY. I'M WILLING TO PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA THAT IT MIGHT COST NOW IN ORDER FOR THE GREATER SAVINGS IN THE END. AND IN CLOSING I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE MAYOR AND ALL YOU KMEBS. WE'RE HAVING A RALLY THIS SATURDAY AT THE PARK ACROSS THE STREET FROM BRECKENRIDGE JUST TO IND KIND OF SHOW THE CITY PUBLIC AT-LARGE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS ISSUE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN WHAT GETS DONE AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT CHANGED. WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE MIDWIFERY SERVICES EXPANDED AND MORE THAN JUST BRECKENRIDGE. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. ANN TARLETON. AND FOLLOWING MS. TARLETON IS GUS PENA. IS MS. TARLETON HERE? MR. GUS PENA. MR. PENA, WELCOME, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR GARCIA, COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. I'M GUS PENA, PRESIDENT OF EAST AUSTIN HISPANICS AND TO MY RIGHT IS MY HAND SOME BOY LUCIO WHO JUST COMPLETED SUMMER SCHOOL AND I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THE GOOD JOB HE'S DONE. MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT MIDWIVES. ONE OF MY BROTHERS WAS DELIVERED BY A MIDWIFE AND HE USED TO BE SMARTER THAN ME D. HE APPEARS TO BE SMARTER THAN ME. SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT MIDWIVES AND MIDWIFERY. SO PLEASE LOOK AT THIS POSITIVELY AND TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION, AND I DON'T MEAN TO JOKE ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS DELIVERING A BABY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD REGARDING THAT. SO ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT THEM ALSO ON THIS ISSUE. MAYOR, A LOT OF THE -- I SEE THE STRATUS ISSUE ON THE AGENDA AND I'D LIKE TO SEE Y'ALL TAKE ACTION AND VOTE ON THIS, THAN THESE ISSUES AND LET'S MOVE ON TO HOUSING AND THE BUDGET ALSO. BUT LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOOD. YOU LOOK AT THEM AND VOTE APPROPRIATELY, PLEASE. MAYOR, I -- AND COUNCILMEMBERS, I WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM OUT AT BRECKENRIDGE HOSPITAL TWO WEEKS AGO. I SPENT EIGHT HOURS THERE BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD A HEART ATTACK BUT IT WAS JUST STRESS AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT -- THAT WAS THE FRIDAY RIGHT AFTER CITY COUNCIL. SO THEY KIND OF JOKED ABOUT IT. THEY HAD A GOOD OLD TIME ABOUT THAT. BUT TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, TWO HOURS WAS SPENT JUST WAITING FOR A ROOM, OR A BED, AND EVENTUALLY I WAS PUT IN A SINGLE BEDROOM, BUT IMAGINE HAVING TO WAIT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR EIGHT HOURS AND HAVING EKGs AND HAVING ALL SORTS OF TESTS. I THANK GOD THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH ME AS FAR AS THE HEART'S CONCERNED. I CAN TELL YOU I LOST 20 POUNDS SINCE THEM AND I'M GOING TO LOSE MORE, BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE OR THE POOR WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN TIME, WHAT CATASTROPHIC SITUATION COULD HAVE OCCURRED FROM THERE, FROM THAT? SO WE LOOK AT THAT ISSUE AND ALSO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE AND LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF THESE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND CLEANING SERVICES AND CAN'T GET IT BECAUSE OF THE ERRONEOUS INTERPRETATION OF THE ELIGIBILITY OFFICE AT THE CLINIC THAT IS STILL GOING ON. AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, COUNCILMEMBERS. I KNOW YOU WORKED HARD ON THAT ISSUE, WE WORKED HARD ON THE ISSUE TO KEEP THEM PUBLIC, NOT PRIVATE. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT ALSO. WHEN I WAS PLACED ON THE 6th FLOOR, I HAD A -- THE SHEET WAS TORN AND THE MATTRESS WAS BAD, WAS LUMPY. SO IMAGINE HOW A PATIENT FELT. I HAD TO BE ADMITTED JUST TO BE FOR OBSERVATION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS MUCH. IT'S NOT A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE, BUT I THANK GOD THAT THE PHYSICIANS AND THE NURSES THIS TIME DIDN'T -- YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY GOOD. BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL ALSO ABOUT NOT CUTTING SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS, YOUTH PROGRAMS. GANGS ARE COMING BACK UP. YOU SEE AN INCREASE OF GA FEET I. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S EASY TO GET INTO GANGS IF YOU ARE NOT -- LET ME WRAP UP QUICKLY, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE SENIOR PATROL OFFICER FORTUNE OF THE OFFICE AT BRECKENRIDGE HOSPITAL AND SERGEANT CARLOS AS A POLICE OFFICER. CARLOS FOR HELPING THE FAMILY OUT. MAYOR, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND ACT APPROPRIATELY ON THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MR. PENA. RICKY BIRD. FOLLOWING MR. BIRD IS MR. GAVINO FERNANDEZ.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, JUST A FEW NOTES FROM THE LAST GO-AROUND ON STRATUS. I'M SURE YOU ARE INFINITELY THRILLED BY THAT PROSPECT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO KISS CURT MITCHELL'S RING. HE LOST. HE CAN AFFORD HIS ADVENTURES IN LAWYER LAND HIMSELF. HE'S A MULTI, MULTIMILLIONAIRE. MR. BUNCH IS BOTH SANCTIMONIOUS AND WRONG. OVERTURNING 245 WILL DO NOTHING TO HALT THE BUILDING OF STRATUS' PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. IT CAN'T BE STOPPED. MR. BEERS NOTED STEADY OF TRAFFIC, USES NO METHOD FAMILIAR WITH ANY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE CITED AS AN AUTHORITY. THE NEXT LAND IS ENTITLED TO NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH SAME. WHAT HAS BEEN A FAILURE OF THOSE SEEKING TO STOP THE DEAL IS THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO OFFER. ORIGINALLY STRATUS WAS EMPOWERED TO DEVELOP -- OR I BELIEVE IT WAS EMPOWERED TO DEVELOP 6 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT AND BUILD MORE THAN 3,000 APARTMENTS. SO FOR ITS PART STRATUS HAS AGREED TO FOREGO 83% OF COMBINED COMMERCIAL DENSITY AND 42% ARE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY. THAT'S THEIR QUOTATION, NOT MINE. TO REACH THIS AGREEMENT, STRATUS PLACED 100% OF ITS OFFICE AREA IN ONE TRACT, 100% OF THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS ON THREE TRACTS, 84% OF ALL RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THREE TRACTS, 74% OF NET RETAIL ON THREE TRACTS, AND IS GIVING FIVE TRACTS OVER AS OPEN SPACE. IF YOU DEVELOP AS THE S.O.S. ADVOCATES WOULD HAVE YOU TO, YOU WILL HAVE 13 TRACTS WHERE ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EMPOWERED TO GO. IT MAKES BETTER SENSE TO TAKE THE STRATUS FIELD TO ME. IF STRATUS DEVELOPS AT S.O.S. STANDARDS, IT WILL BUILD 2,100,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH 1200 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND 1100 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS. THE CITY CAVE-IN AS IT'S CALLED ALLOWS 750,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH 900 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND 830 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS. WITH THOSE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE MATH, THAT'S 1,300,000 SQUARE FEET LESS OF OFFICE AND 60,000 SQUARE FEET LESS OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. AS WELL AS 300 FEWER MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND 270 FEWER SINGLE FAMILY UNITS THAN S.O.S. STANDARDS. GENERALLY THE DEVELOPMENT STRETCHES SEVERAL TRACTS TO MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE AQUIFER WHICH ALLOWS STRATUS NOT TO BUILD IN MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS. AGAIN IF THE S.O.S. ORDER NONS WAS FOLLOWED TRACT BY TRACT, AUSTIN WOULD BE SANCTIONS WHEN IN FACT THERE SHOULD BE NONE. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MR. BIRD.

MAYOR?

Mayor Garcia: MAYOR PRO TEM?

I WANT TO THANK MR. BIRD FOR THE RESEARCH HE'S DONE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND ACTUALLY FOR YOUR COURAGE TODAY IN SAYING THAT.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. MR. FERNANDEZ AND FOLLOWING MR. FERNANDEZ IS DR. JOHN DAY. MR. FERNANDEZ, WELCOME, SIR.

I'M WITH THE EL CON CITIO, COALITION OF MEXICAN-AMERICANS. I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PROTECTION OF BARGE SPRINGS. BEFORE MANY OF YOU DECIDED TO COME LIVE IN AUSTIN, THE MAYOR, RU ALL, JACKIE, DARRELL, THAT WAS THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN AREA WHERE A LOT OF OUR FAMILY PLANS HAD ENJOYED EASTER SUNDAY AND ALSO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THAT WAS A ONLY ACCESSIBLE AREA FOR US. BUT ONCE THE -- ALSO CAME THE POLLUTION AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. SO WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ROSE RESTRICTED REGULATIONS AND BUILDING, IF DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR OUT THERE, IN ORDER TO RESERVE AND PROTECT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. NOW I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE DAILY TEXAN FOR ITS MOST RECENT SERIES COVERAGE -- SERIOUS COVERAGE ON THE ISSUE OF THE HOLLY POWER PLANT. I ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF EQUITY AND SERVICES. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND BELIEVING THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND DECIDE I'M GOING TO COME DOWN HERE. I'VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO. BUT WHEN I DO COME UP HERE, IT'S BECAUSE WE RECEIVE CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS AND FROM LANDOWNERS AND PEOPLE THAT PAY TAXES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HAD REQUESTED AND MADE A CALL TO ONE OF YOUR CITY MANAGERS AND SHARED THAT WITH HIM. AS OF TO DATE I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THEM. BUT THAT ONLY GOES TO SHOW AND ILLUSTRATE THE CONTINUED IGNORANCE OR CONTINUED IGNORING ISSUES IN EAST AUSTIN. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF LOST AT WORDS BECAUSE IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO SEE ISSUES, AND I WAS JUST TALKING TO JOE QUINTERO AND I REMEMBERED WHEN WE WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DISCUSS THE CHAVEZ PLANT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE HAD MORE COPS THERE THAN WE HAD PEOPLE, SO TO SPEAK. AND THEN WHEN IT CAME TO COUNCIL, AGAIN WE HAD MORE POLICEMEN HERE THAN WE HAD PEOPLE TO SPEAK. AND YET I AM -- IN WITNESSING LAST WEEK'S TESTIMONY, IT WAS VERY BLAT ENT HOW ONCE AGAIN OUR PEOPLE ARE TREATED AND DISCOURAGED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE GROWING PAINS, AND WE WILL SURVIVE. WE'VE SURVIVED MANY YEARS BEFORE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE A RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK REGARDING THE ISSUE OF THE HOLLY PARK PLANT AND I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THAT ITEM BE PUT AT A TIME CERTAIN, MAYOR, SO THAT OUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHOM YOU KNOW ARE BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS AND DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO COME DURING THE DAY TO TESTIFY TO THAT. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN LOOK AT HOW THE SCHEDULE LOOKS AND SEE IF WE CAN PUT IT IN THERE, 6:00, TIME CERTAIN. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SPEAKERS WILL BE COMING, MR. FERNANDEZ? HOW MANY SPEAKERS WILL BE COMING? IF YOU COULD GET THEM ALL TOGETHER AND MAYBE CONCENTRATE THE TESTIMONY SO WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. DR. JOHN DAY. AND FOLLOWING JOHN DAY IS MRS. SUSANNA ALMANZA. MR. JOHN DAY, WILL COME, SIR.

THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, MR. MAYOR. MY NAME IS JOHN DAY. I'M A BOARD CERTIFIED FAMILY PHYSICIAN. I DELIVERED MY FIRST BABY AT BRECKENRIDGE IN 1984 AS A MEDICAL STUDENT AND HAVE BEEN AN INTERN THERE, RESIDENT THERE. I'VE DONE THE FAMILY PRACTICE, O G PHYSICAL OPEN THERE AND BEEN A FACULTY MEMBER WITH THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM SUPERVISING THE FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCE AND PROVISION OF PRENATAL CARE AND DELIVERING THE PATIENTS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING LONGITUDINALLY. OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME I'VE SEEN THE LOSS OF THE OPTION FOR NATURAL CHILDBIRTH FOR WOMEN AT BRECKENRIDGE. IN EARLIER YEARS MANY CLINIC PATIENTS WOULD HAVE WANTED TO HAVE A NATURAL CHILDBIRTH AND WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE ALTERNATIVE BIRTH CENTER, AND WHAT THIS MEANT WAS THAT THINGS WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE, NOT A LOT OF MACHINES AND IVs, MORE NATURAL SETTING. I THINK MORE RESPECTFUL OF THE HUMAN WAY, IF YOU WOULD. TRADITIONS AND TRAINING SUCH AS MY (PHYSICIANS IN TRAINING SUCH AS MYSELF AT TIMES WOULD BE TRAINED IN THIS AND IT WAS REALLY A CORE OF NURSES THAT TOOK SEPARATE CALL AND STAFFING FOR THE BIRTH CENTER. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS WAS OPEN TO CITY CLINIC PATIENTS, MANY OF WHOM WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS ABC CANDIDATES, WHAT WE WOULD SAY. THIS SEPARATE STAFFING AND AVAILABILITY OF NURSES FOR THE BIRTH CENTER REALLY HASN'T BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE SETON HAS BEEN MANAGING BRECKENRIDGE AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG LOSS. THINGS JUST AREN'T OFFERED. IN TERMS OF EE CON MIGHT HAVE GONE, THE NURSE -- EE CON MI, THE NURSING STAFF HAS BEEN CUT BACK AND ARE ON CALL. THE ANSWER IS THERE'S NOBODY TO SEND OVER THERE. THE MIDWIVES WHEN THEY CAME TO BRACKENRIDGE REALLY MADE A STRANGE STAND TO ONCE AGAIN PRY THIS NATURAL AND RESPECTFUL CHILDBIRTH OPTION TO OUR CLINIC PATIENTS AND TO THEIR OWN PATIENTS. ONCE AGAIN IT GOT THE BIRTH CENTER OPEN. THIS IS SADLY NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. RECENTLY TRIED TO HAVE A -- PATIENTS OVER AT THE BIRTH CENTER AND STAFFING DIDN'T ALLOW IT. WHAT I WANT TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR IS THAT MIDWIVES CANNOT GET A SPONSORING PHYSICIAN, WITH THE BYLAWS OF THE HOSPITAL WRITTEN THE WAY THEY ARE NOW. IF A WOMAN IS IN LABOR AND HAS A DOCTOR, SHE CAN BE THERE WITH THE LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE UNTIL THERE IS AN EMERGENCY OR TIME TO DELIVER AND THE DOCTOR JUST HAS TO BE AVAILABLE WITHIN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. IF SHE HAS A MIDWIFE, THE MIDWIFE HAS TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME SHE'S IN ACTIVE LABOR AND THE DOCTOR DOES, TOO. AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE AFFORDED, AND SO WHEREAS ON PAPER, THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE TO HAVE A SPONSORING PHYSICIAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR. AND WILL Y'ALL STAY HERE FOR JUST A MINUTE? IT'S CHRIS YOUNG FROM PRIMARY CARE IS HERE AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Mayor Garcia: WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND I'LL RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MS. YOUNG TO COMMENT. MS. ALMANZA, AND FOLLOWING MS. ALMANZA IS MR. QUINTERO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IN 1996 WE HAD ASKED A CITY COUNCIL TO DO A LAND USE STUDY OF EAST AUSTIN AND IN THAT STUDY IT SHOWED ABOUT 90% OF INDUSTRIAL ZONING WAS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35% OF THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE, WINE, LIQUOR STORES AND PAWN SHOPS WERE ALSO IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE THEN BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE PRIORITY, LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL RACES AND WHAT WAS THE ROOT CAUSE, AND ONE OF THE ROOT CAUSE WAS ZONING AND SO WE BEGAN TO SAY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ZONING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE HAZARDOUS FACILITIES IN AND ADJACENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE THEN EMBARKED IN '98 AND '99 THE DOWNZONING. THE PRIORITY WAS TO DOWNZONE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOWNZONING ABOUT 20 TO 30 OF SOME OF THOSE HOMES. SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, AND IN AUGUST THE 17th, 1999, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO STOP THE ZONING THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THOSE HOMES. WE THEN EMBARKED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING DISTRICT. WELL, HERE WE ARE IN 2002 AND WE'RE BUSY WORKING ON THE JOHNSON GO VALLEY PLAN AND THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS AND ALSO THERE'S SOME BAD NEWS. IN THE JOHNSON GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AREA WHICH IS FOUNDED BY PRESENT -- BOUNDED BY PRESENT VALLEY TO THE WEST, 183 TO THE EAST, THE COLORADO RIVER TO THE SOUTH AND OF COURSE I BELIEVE THAT M L K -- OAK SPRINGS TO THE NORTH. IN THERE, OUT OF -- THERE ARE GOING TO BE 168 HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED LIMITED INDUSTRIAL THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOWNZONED TO SINGLE FAMILY, AND I ASK YOU NOT TO GO, WHEN PEOPLE COME UP HERE THINKING THEY ARE GOING TO BARGAIN THE CHIPS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF KEEPING THE LI ZONING, NOT TO AGREE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND SETBACKS AND SO FORTH IN HELPING THE HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EAST AUSTIN. AND OUT OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE ZONED COMMERCIAL SERVICES, 11 WILL BE DOWNZONED TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY A TOTAL OF 179 HOMES THAT WERE ZONED COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL THAT ARE GOING TO BE DOWNZONED. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 11 PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO GO FROM INDUSTRIAL TO MULTIPLE FAMILY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOMES GO FROM -- FOUR PROPERTIES GO FROM COMMERCIAL SERVICES TO MULTIPLE FAMILY, AND THE BAD THING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT 25 HOMES -- 25 PROPERTIES THAT WERE ZONED SINGLE FAMILY TO GR LO OR LR PROPERTIES. BUT THE BIG FISH IS THE LIMITED INDUSTRIAL. OVER -- ISSUE IS THE LIMITED INDUSTRIAL. OVER 114 PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO GO FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES. SO -- AND THEN 80 PROPERTIES THAT WERE LIMITED INDUSTRIAL ARE GOING TO STAY AT LIMITED INVESTOR, AND I JUST ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE FUNDING AND MONEY TO CHANGE THAT DYNAMIC THAT HAS EXISTED IN EAST AUSTIN FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE ZONING IS NOT GOING TO HELP IN SO MANY INSTANCES BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY UNLESS WE CAN BUY AND RELOCATE THOSE INDUSTRIES FROM OUR KMUNT. -- COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT A SAFER PLACE. LET'S GET RID OF THE HAZARD INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MS. ALMANZA. MAYOR.

MAYOR, MAY I SAY SOMETHING?

Mayor Garcia: SURE.

WHAT'S THE AREA AT OAK SPRINGS?

OKAY. IT IS PLEASANT VALLEY, WEBERVILLE TO THE WEST. TO THE EAST IS 183. COLORADO RIVER TO THE SOUTH. AND OAK SPRINGS TO THE NORTH IS THE BOUNDARY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: MR. JOSE QUINTERO? MR. QUINTERO, WELCOME, SIR.

THANK YOU. THIS IS FROM JOSE QUINTERO TGREATER EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON, INNER CITY RESIDENTS, THE INNER CITY. THE SUBJECT OF GENTRIFICATION, THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY AND THE PLANNING, THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SUPPOSEDLY TO SUPPORT THE ISSUES WHERE THE RESIDENTS LIVE, NOT THE PLANNING PROCESS WHERE YOU ISSUE A DISTRICT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, YOU CALL FOR HISTORICAL ZONING AND FOR SURE I KNOW THAT THIS WAS NEVER DONE OR ASKED BY THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS A BIG BUNDLE OF PLANNING AND SO WE'RE NOW HERE A YEAR LATER FACING THIS ISSUE OF GENTRIFICATION. THE ISSUE OF ESTABLISHING COMMITTEES TO STUDY EAST AUSTIN IS CLEAR. PEOPLE APPOINTED TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE ARE USUALLY NEWCOMERS, NONHISPANIC OR PEOPLE THAT WILL AGREE WITH THE CITY FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID ANOTHER DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION LIKE THE LAST ONE IN 1928. LET'S DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF GENTRIFICATION HONESTLY BY APPOINTING PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF GENTRIFICATION. GENTRY IF I RICKS IS A PROCESS OF RENEWAL IN POOR AREAS USUALLY OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. SET UP A COMMITTEE THAT'S REAL AND THAT WILL TACKLE THE PROBLEM HONESTLY. LET'S NOT COVER UP THE TRUTH. THE CITY CAN'T HIDE IT THIS TIME. IT NEEDS TO LEAD THE WAY. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO CALL THE ONES HERE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING AFTER YOU ADOPTED A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. NOT ALL OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS WERE HERE. THE QUESTION THAT I ALWAYS ASK MYSELF, HOW COME THE CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN NEVER COMES HERE TO SPEAK? THEY ARE NOT THE CITY -- THEY ARE NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE. HOW MANY ISSUES WERE BROUGHT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN? WE HAD DISTRICT, WE HAD GENTRIFICATION, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. THE ISSUE OF HOUSING, THE ISSUE OF REQUESTING THAT THE CITY BUY PROPERTY ALONG CAPITAL MET ROW SO THEY COULD BUY HOUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE -- METRO SO THEY COULD BUY HOUSING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND. GAVINO SPOKE CLEARLY. WE WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO OPPOSE THE PROCESS OF BOTH AND WE GOT UP AND LEFT, THOUGH, AND WHEN WE WERE WALKING OUT THE DOOR FIXING TO GO TO THE ELEVATOR, WE HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS TRYING TO ARREST US. AND I SPOKE THIS TO ASSISTANT CHIEF McDONALD ABOUT IT AND I SPOKE TO CHIEF KNEE ABOUT IT. WHY WERE THEY TRYING TO WRESTLE WITH US ON THE ELEVATOR GOING DOWN? WE KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO VOTE. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MR. QUINTERO. MS. YOUNG? MS. YOUNG WILL BE GIVING YOU A LITTLE BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ISSUE OF --

MAYOR, COUNCIL, I THOUGHT I'D JUST TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NURSE MIDWIVES. AND -- .

Mayor Garcia: COULD WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE VOLUME TO THAT MICROPHONE?

TRY THAT AGAIN? IS THAT BETTER?

Mayor Garcia: BETTER.

LET ME START AGAIN. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NURSE MIDWIFE ISSUE AT BRECKENRIDGE, AS WELL AS THE CONCERN ABOUT THE OFFERING OF NURSE MIDWIFERY SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CITY HAVE TO DO WITH THE NEW HOSPITAL THAT WILL BE ESTABLISHED NEXT SUMMER AND SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HAVE TO DO WITH THE ALLOWANCE OR THE PRIVILEGING OF NURSE MIDWIVES TO DELIVER BABIES AT THE NEW HOSPITAL AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS. ALSO THE CONCEPT OF NURSE MIDWIVES TO DELIVER BABIES AT THAT HOSPITAL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THOSE ARE ALL CONCEPTS AND IDEAS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FULLY EVALUATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING FOR THE HOSPITAL. THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ARE THE MISSION OF THE HOSPITAL IN TERMS OF WHAT ITS STATED PURPOSE IS, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES TO WOMEN WHO ARE PRIMARILY PATIENTS OF OUR CITY CLINICS AND OTHER INDIGENT CARE PROVIDERS. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE CAPACITY OF THAT HOSPITAL. OUR REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THE WOMEN WHO ARE RECEIVING STERILIZATION SERVICES AS THEY NEED THEM AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MODELS THAT WE EMPLOY THERE TO PROVIDE DELIVERY SERVICES TO WOMEN. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY CLINICS RIGHT NOW, THE MODEL THAT WE EMPLOY THERE, AS WELL AS WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE FUTURE. SO THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE HAVE TO DO A LOT WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL. FOR EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THE GOVERNING BOARD AND THE MEDICAL STAFF COMMITTEES THAT WILL ACTUALLY CREATE THE MEDICAL STAFF BYLAWS OF THIS HOSPITAL AND BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. SO IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS WE CAN CONSIDER THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO US AND DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST, WHAT THE BEST APPROACHES ARE FOR DELIVERING SERVICES AT THIS HOSPITAL.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ?

Councilmember Alvarez: YES, I GUESS MY MOST FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHY HAVE THINGS CHANGED AT BRACKENRIDGE AND WHAT IS SETON'S RESPONSE TO ALL THIS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A COMMON POLICY OF OTHER PUBLIC HOSPITALS. SO I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN REQUEST A FORMAL RESPONSE FROM THEM OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING. I REALLY DON'T LIKE US ALREADY JUMPING TO THIS CONCLUSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS AT OUR HOSPITAL WHEN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK SETON WAS PROVIDING AND THERE'S NO REAL REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE PROVIDING IT AND I THINK I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND I'D LIKE SOME KIBD OF -- KIND OF RESPONSE.

COULD I TRY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FACTUAL BACKGROUND ABOUT THAT NOW? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL TO YOU? MIDWIVES HAVE, AT THE TIME THE CITY RAN BRACKENRIDGE AND SUBSEQUENT TO SETON TAKING OVER, THE MIDWIVES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER BABIES AT BRACKENRIDGE. THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY CAN DELIVER BABIES AT BRACKENRIDGE HAVE TO DO WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A SPONSORING PHYSICIAN ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. THAT IS THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT. 18 MONTHS AGO SETON VOLUNTARILY CHOSE TO EMPLOY THREE NURSE MIDWIVES. THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY UNDERTOOK BECAUSE THEY FELT IT WAS A GOOD PROGRAM TO TRY TO BEGIN AND OFFER THOSE SERVICES. THOSE MIDWIVES PROVIDE THEIR PRENATAL CARE SERVICES IN THE SETON COMMUNITY CLINICS AND VIA A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS OF THE AUSTIN MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, THEY DELIVERED THE BABIES AT BRACKENRIDGE UNDER THOSE DOCTORS' SPONSORSHIP. SETON EVALUATED BOTH THE FINANCIAL, VARIOUS FACTORS REGARDING THAT ARRANGEMENT, ONE OF WHICH WAS FINANCIAL, AND FOUND IT NOT TO BE FEES I BELIEVE AND THEREFORE DISCONTINUED THE EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE NURSE MIDWIVES. THE SAME TIME THE DOCTORS CHOSE NOT TO SPONSOR THEM ANY LONGER FOR THE NURSE MIDWIFE PRIVILEGES AT BRACKENRIDGE. SO IT WAS NOT AN OBLIGATION ON SETON'S PART, AND THE NURSE MIDWIVES ARE NOT PRECLUDED FROM DELIVERING BUT THEY WOULD REQUIRE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PHYSICIANS TO SPONSOR THEM TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES. DOES THAT HELP CLARIFY?

Councilmember Alvarez: I MEAN, THAT IS A CHANGE IN TERMS OF THE POLICIES IS THE REQUIREMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE WERE RUNNING THE HOSPITAL, I MEAN, I GUESS WE HAD A CERTAIN RULE ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF OB/GYNs?

I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE BACK BEFORE SETON TOOK OVER. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S DIFFERENT OR NOT.

Councilmember Alvarez: OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA, IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHATEVER WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THIS AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE PROVIDERS, THEN AGAIN WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE NOW CHANGING THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE?

THE CITY WAS NOT PROVIDING NURSE MIDWIFE SERVICES PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER TO SETON. THE NURD MIDWIVES WERE NOT EMPLOYED IN THE CITY CLINICS AND THEY WERE NOT EMPLOYED IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND COUNCILMEMBER, ONE THING THAT I'LL DO IS WE'LL GO BACK, LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, GO BACK TO THE TIME AT WHICH WE EXECUTED THE LEASE AND GET YOU A WRITTEN RESPONSE ON THAT SO YOU CAN COMPARE WHAT WE WERE DOING AT THE TIME THE LEASE TOOK OVER AND THEN SUMMARIZE WHAT SHE JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT SETON UNDERTOOK AND THEN DISCONTINUED.

Councilmember Alvarez: THAT WILL BE GOOD. THANKS.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. YOUNG.

MAYOR?

Mayor Garcia: COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS?

Thomas: I WAS GOING TO LOOK AT SEE. WHERE WAS HE, DR. DAY? YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPONSORSHIP FOR THE MIDWIFE. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU -- IN YOUR PRESENTATION THERE.

RIGHT. AS IT STANDS, IF A WOMAN IS IN LABOR AT BRACKENRIDGE OR FOR THAT MATTER SETON AND SHE HAS A PHYSICIAN, THAT PHYSICIAN DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY THERE WHILE SHE'S IN LABOR BUT HAS TO BE AVAILABLE IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OR FOR THE DELIVERY. THAT AVAILABILITY HAS USUALLY BEEN INTERPRETED AS 15-MINUTE AVAILABILITY. HOWEVER, IF THAT WOMAN HAS A MIDWIFE, THE MIDWIFE HAS TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME SHE'S IN LABOR AND A SPONSORING PHYSICIAN HAS TO BE THERE THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THE WOMAN AND THE MIDWIFE ARE THERE. SO IN MOST CASES THE WOMAN CAN JUST BE THERE WITH HER LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE UNTIL THE PHYSICIAN IS NEEDED. BUT IF THE WOMAN IS THERE WITH HER LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE AND HER NURSE MIDWIFE, WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME, THEN THE PHYSICIAN HAS TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME. DOCS JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT. AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S TECHNICALLY AVAILABLE, IT'S UNFEASIBLE. THE GROUP AT BRACKENRIDGE THAT'S THERE FOR THE EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT ARE TEACHING RESIDENTS AND INTERNS, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE OF THEM THERE, AND SO IT WASN'T REALLY RESTRICTIVE IN THAT SETTING. BUT AT SETON WHERE WOMEN, PARTNERS IN HEALTH HAS BEEN, THE DOCTORS JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO BE THERE. I KNOW THIS IS MORE ABOUT BRACKENRIDGE. I'LL SAY THAT THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER GROUP OF DOCTORS AT BRACKENRIDGE DELIVERING BABIES OTHER THAN DOCTORS IN THE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM NOW. YOU KNOW, I'M A RARE EXCEPTION. I HAVE SOME PRIVATE PATIENTS THAT I DELIVER THERE, BUT MOST OF THE PRIVATE DOCTORS DON'T.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAYOR, COULD I FOLLOW UP THAT, WHERE THE DOCTORS GOES?

Mayor Garcia: SURE, MAYOR PRO TEM.

Thomas: THE -- .

Goodman: THE MIDWIFE, CONSIDERING THE LABOR, THAT IS PART OF WHAT SHE WILL MONITOR AND BE THERE FOR ANYTHING THAT SENDS UP THAT IS A DOCTOR CAN'T GIVE UP. WHAT I HEAR ABOUT SOMETIMES, IT CAN GO INTO 24 HOURS OF LABOR. SO IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THE DOCTOR WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE EVERY MOMENT?

EVERY MOMENT. BY THE BYLAWS, EVERY MOMENT THAT A WOMAN IS IN ACTIVE LABOR OR DELIVERING, THE SPONSORING PHYSICIAN MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, AND THAT'S VERY RESTRICTIVE BECAUSE SPONSORING PHYSICIANS WITH ONE OF HIS PRIVATE PATIENTS WHO DOESN'T HAVE A MIDWIFE, WHO JUST HAS THE LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE, HE CAN BE AT THE OFFICE OR, YOU KNOW, DOING OTHER BUSINESS AND JUST HAS TO BE AVAILABLE WITHIN, WHAT'S TYPICALLY BEEN INTERPRETED AS 15-MINUTE EMERGENCY CALL TIME.

Goodman: GREAT. THANK YOU FAR GAR THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

Goodman: MS. CITY MANAGER, COULD WE ALSO ASK TRISH TO LOOK INTO THE REASONS FOR THIS KIND OF REQUIREMENT FOR A MIDWIFE? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T -- I MEAN, IN ESSENCE YOU ARE REQUIRING THAT SOMEONE WITH A MEDICAL DEGREE ACCOMPANY VIRTUALLY EVERY PREGNANT WOMAN WHO COMES INTO THE HOSPITAL. I MEAN, IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT FOR MIDWIVES OR -- I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING ELSE IN BLOOD BLOOD -- YOU -- LIKE YOU MUST HAVE YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW WITH YOU FOR EVERY SECOND IN LABOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT SEEMS TO BE UNDULY BUREAUCRATIC SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE USING THE WORD "MIDWIFE. " BUT MIDWIVES ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ASSIST IN BIRTHS IF THEY ARE THERE AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. SO --

I'M NOT HAVING THE ANSWER TO THAT BUT I CAN SEE SHE CAME RIGHT BACK TO THE MICROPHONE. SO MAYBE SHE CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THAT FOR US.

THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PRIVILEGES AT THE HOSPITAL ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE MEDICAL STAFF COMMITTEE OF THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF THE OBSTETRICIANS, GYNECOLOGISTS AT THE HOSPITAL. SO IT WAS THE -- IT WAS THE ACTUAL OBSTETRICIANS THEMSELVES THAT SET THOSE CONDITIONS FOR PRIVILEGING. THAT'S WHY IT WAS CREATED.

OKAY. THAT'S WHY? MAYBE HE CAN ASK THEM WHY THEY CHOSE THOSE STANDARDS.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT. IT HAS TO DO -- BASICALLY THAT FUNCTION, BY LAW, IS ESTABLISHED BY THE MEDICAL STAFF AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS -- WHEN THEY CREATED THOSE PRIVILEGES AT THE TIME, THOSE WERE THE STANDARDS THEY SET.

I UNDERSTAND. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE THEY USED, THAT THEY THEMSELVES WOULD THEN BE REQUIRED TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE DOCTOR JUST SAID IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

AND WE'LL ASK THE QUESTION ON RATIONALE AND REASON. WE'LL ALSO TRY TO COMPARE IT BACK TO WHAT WERE THE STANDARDS OR CRITERIA BEFORE THE LEASE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TO SOME DISTINCTION, IS IT THE SAME, DID IT CHANGE, AND IF SO WHY. [ INAUDIBLE ]

ALL OF THE OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

OKAY.

AND THEN SEE WHAT TYPE OF CRITERIA THEIR BOARDS HAVE ESTABLISHED.

SURE, WE CAN CHECK INTO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME WE WILL READ THE -- ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS, I JUST WANT TO LET -- THE LAST KHMER, LET'S EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED -- SPEAKER, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ZONING MEETING. MR. QUINTERO, WHO WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CHIEF, ASSISTANT CHIEF, WHO I SPOKE WITH AS HE WAS LEAVING. ABOUT THE PLANT.

COUNCILMEMBER, ARE YOU ASKING FOR KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE OUTCOME OF THAT DISCUSSION?

Mayor Garcia: NO, JUST LET IT BE KNOWN OF RECORD THAT SOMEONE DID ADDRESS THE COMPLAINT HE HAD.

OH, I SEE. ACTUALLY WE FOLLOWED UP WITH BOTH GAVINO AND WITH JOE'S QUESTION TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET ANSWERS TO THEM.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS?

CERTAIN TIMES ARE 2:00 P.M. FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. 2:05 P.M. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TRAFFIC REINVESTMENT ZONE 15 WHICH ARE T.I.F. ZONES, MEMBERS, A NUBD 15 ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3. 4:00 P.M. ARE ZONING, S1 THROUGH S 15. 5:30 IS LIVE MUSIC AND PROCLAMATIONS. 5:45 ARE THE CIRCLE C LAND CORP STRATUS PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND RELATED ZONING CASES. 6:00 P.M. WE ORIGINALLY HAD SCHEDULED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS 88 AND 89, BUT STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT THOSE BE POSTPONED TO JULY 18th, 2002 AT 6:00 P.M. ON CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, ITEM NUMBER 8, AFTER THE WORDS LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACT, FHERD THE WORDS "WITH DENTON, AND DENTON, PC" AND AFTER THE WORDS "TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS" INSERT THE WORDS FOR A CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $50,000. ITEM 1I HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY AND ITEM 43 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO JULY 18th, 2002. ON AHFC, ITEM NUMBER 2, THERE'S AN ERROR IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CHANGE THE AMOUNT THAT CURRENTLY READS $13,149,319 TO $13,149,919. AND THAT SAME CHANGE IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS NEEDS TO BE MADE ON ITEM NO. 51. AGAIN IT'S $13,159 49,319. THE 319 SHOULD BE CHANGED TO 919.

Mayor Garcia: THAT'S ITEM NO. 51?

YES, AND AHFC 2. [ PLEASE HOLD FOR CHANGE IN CAPTIONERS, 2:30 P.M. ] (2:30. )

Mayor Garcia: I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO --

Wynn: SO MOVE.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER WYNN. SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER ALVAREZ. DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. DISCUSSION IN MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE. MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER SLUSHER. SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. DISCUSSION? MEETING IS ADJOURNED. WE NEED TO TAKE UP ITEM 44 BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE MEETINGS FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVEEVMENT ZONE. NUMBER FOUR IS APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER BETTY DUNKERLEY, RE APPOINTING COUNCILMEMBERS RAUL AL RA VEZ, DANNY THOMAS AND WILL WYNN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 15, CITY OF AUSTIN, A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE. DON'T I NEED TO BE REAPPOINTED.

YOU ALREADY WERE IN MARCH.

Mayor Garcia: I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR NUMBER FOUR. LET ME SAY I DIDN'T CALL THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL BACK TO ORDER. LET'S DO THAT AT THIS TIME. AND THE MOTION BY.

Dunkerley:COUNCILMEMBER DUNKERLEY. DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: OPPOSED NO. MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOTION WAS BY COUNCILMEMBER DUNKERLEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. AND NOW I'LL CALL TO ORDER -- I'LL RECESS -- WE'RE NOW RECESSING AGAIN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AND CALL INTO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TAX INVESTMENT TAXING DISTRICT REINVESTMENT ZONE. AND WE'LL GO TO ITEM TIV ZONE 15 NUMBER ONE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THE FIRST ITEM, NUMBER ONE, IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WHICH DID OCCUR ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2000. IT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED BY FIVE DIRECTORS WHO ARE ON THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. CHAIRMAN GARCIA, YOU ARE NOT PART OF THAT MOTION.

Mayor Garcia: I DON'T SEE MY NAME HERE. LET ME PASS THE PRESIDING RESPONSIBILITIES TO VICE-PRESIDENT GOODMAN ON THIS ONE.

Goodman: THANKS. OKAY. I'M NOT QUITE CLEAR ON MY AGENDA. SINCE YOUR NAME IS NOT THERE, MAYOR --

Mayor Garcia: YOU JUST NEED TO CALL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTE.

Goodman: AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO VOTE HIM IN?

LET ME CLARIFY. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT TERMS OF DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS COMING ON, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WE'VE APPOINTED COUNCILMEMBERS AS DIRECTORS. DURING THIS LAST MEETING -- AND AGAIN WE HAVE INFREQUENTLY MET. THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST TIME WE'VE MET SINCE THE ZONE PLAN WAS APPROVED SINCE WE'RE NOW IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN, THAT MEETING WAS HELD BACK IN 2000 AND WE'VE BEEN INFORMED JUST THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ACTUALLY THERE AT THE MEETING CAN CONSIDER THESE MINUTES. SO THAT'S -- THERE'S JUST FIVE OF THE CURRENT SEVEN DIRECTORS THAT CAN CONSIDER THESE MINUTES.

Goodman: THANK YOU. OKAY. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THEN IS TIF ZONE NUMBER 15, ITEM NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES OF OCTOBER THE 12TH. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?

AYE.

Goodman: THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: AND THAT MOTION PASSES ON A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO.

ITEM NUMBER 2 WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD RECOMMEND FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL THAT WE ALLOW FOR IN THE ORDINANCE CREATING THE ZONE ADMINISTRATIVE PURCHASING AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE FOR TIF-RELATED EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED THE CURRENT LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE PURCHASING AUTHORITY TO THE STIRP ON CITY BUSINESS. THE CURRENT ZONE ORDINANCE CREATING THE TIF ZONE DID NOT PROVIDE FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE VERY SMALL CONTRACTS. THAT IS MY NEXT ITEM. ONE BEING JUST $800. BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN. SO WITH THIS CHANGE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN THEN MAKE OUR BUSINESS GO A LOT MORE SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. MOTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 990826-92? IS THERE A MOTION?

Goodman: [ INAUDIBLE ]

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY VICE-PRESIDENT GOODMAN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER DUNKERLEY. DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: OPPOSED NO?

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

Mayor Garcia: HOW MUCH IS IN THE FUND?

WE HAVE 100,000 AS A YEARLY AMOUNT. SO WE'RE NOT YET -- WE WILL BE REACHING THAT FURTHER ON DOWN THE YEAR AS WE ADD THE CITY HALL AND THE PLAZA AND THEN EVENTUALLY 21.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 3.

Goodman: SO MOVE.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY VICE-PRESIDENT -- ARE THESE OFFICERS PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.

WE JUST HAVE CHAIR AND DIRECTOR.

Mayor Garcia: BY DIRECTOR GOODMAN, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR WYNN. DISCUSSION? THIS 100,000 RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH?

YES, THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S IN A SEPTEMBER DESIGNATED FUND, SO WE WILL ADD ANOTHER 100,000.

Mayor Garcia: MAYOR WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET?

YES, SIR.

Mayor Garcia: FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR?

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: THE MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 15. MOTION BY DIRECTOR GOODMAN. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: OPPOSED? THE VOTE IS SEVEN TO ZERO TO ADJOURN. AND WE WILL RETURN NOW TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A PREVIEW OF ITEMS FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. CITY MANAGER?

FUTRELL: OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS WE ARE POSTED FOR JULY 18th FOR THE THIRD READING ON THE STRATUS PROPOSAL. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY.

FUTRELL: ONE OTHER THIJ. ALSO OUR WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK IS THE FIRST IN OUR RENEWED SERIES OF DOING BRIEFINGS FROM AUSTIN ENERGY PUBLICLY ON ISSUES AND FINANCES RELATED TO THE CITY OWNED UTILITY.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. COUNCILMEMBERS, ANYTHING? ANY PREVIEW OF ITEMS FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING?

Goodman: YES, MAYOR. WE'LL HAVE AN ITEM FROM COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ, DUNKERLEY AND I TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE INITIATIVE FROM THE GREATER AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEIR INITIATIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Mayor Garcia: SAY THAT AGAIN.

Goodman: AN ITEM TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO WORK TOWARD KEEPING A MISSION OF MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH BACK TAXES AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE PROPERTIES -- PICK THE PROPERTIES UP AND GET THEM CLEANED UP AND ALL OF THAT.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ?

ALVAREZ: YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE THAT THE MAYOR AND MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS WILL BE PUTTING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA RELATED TO THE CLOSURE PLAN FOR THE HOLLY POWER PLANT AND THE STATUS OF THAT ISSUE, WHICH IS OF GREAT INTEREST TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TO THAT WILL BE AN ITEM COMING UP.

Mayor Garcia: THEY REQUESTED A TIME CERTAIN ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TIME YOU WOULD LIKE THAT ITEM?

ALVAREZ: I'M NOT SURE. I THINK WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF DOING IT RIGHT AT 6:00 O'CLOCK.

Mayor Garcia: 6:00 O'CLOCK? OKAY. CITY MANAGER, HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA, 6:00 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN ON THE HOLLY POWER PLANT. FURTHER ITEMS TO BE ANNOUNCED? THE NEXT ITEM IS THE READING OF THE CONSENT ITEM. MS. BROWN?

BROWN: THE CONSENT AGENDA STARTS WITH ITEM NUMBER 5, ITEM NUMBER 6 HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY, BUT MAY REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 8, ITEM 20 --

Mayor Garcia: LET ME ASK YOU IF ITEM NUMBER 8 HAS A FISCAL -- DID YOU READ A FISCAL ITEM?

50,000.

Mayor Garcia: THAT HAS A FISCAL NOTE OF $50,000, CORRECT?

YES, SIR.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER 20. 21 AS A POSTPONEMENT FOR INDEFINITELY, ITEM 22. ITEM 43 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO JULY 18th. ITEM 45.

Mayor Garcia: JUST A SECOND. ITEM NUMBER 43 AGAIN?

YES, IS A POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 18th. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51. 53 AND 54 I'VE BEEN ADVISED WILL BE SECOND READING ONLY AND THERE IS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD IN REGARD TO THOSE.

Mayor Garcia: 53 AND 54?

BROWN: YES, SIR. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT NOW?

Mayor Garcia: CONSENT FOR SECOND READING?

BROWN: YES, WITH COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

Mayor Garcia: THEY CAN READ THEM INTO THE RECORD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IS THAT CORRECT? ARE THEY HERE? OKAY.

BROWN: 55 IS ON THE CONSENT AS A POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 18th. 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 83, 84, 85, 86 ARE APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, CARLA SHIEWLER IS A CONSENSUS APPOINTMENT. CITY OF AUSTIN COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, NICOLE MOOED IS COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER'S APPOINTMENT. DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, DAN LEERY IS A CONSENSUS APPOINTMENT. THAT PERSON IS THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION'S REPRESENTATIVE. THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION, THESE ARE BOTH REAPPOINTMENTS, JUDY FAST, COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, NEAL KOCUREK, COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD, THESE ARE BOTH REAPPOINTMENTS, TIM JONES, COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, BILL MANCADA, COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ. ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION, MATH THIEW HURTS, REAPPOINTMENT, COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER, FRANCIS A. MCINTYRE, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS' REPRESENTATIVE, CONSENSUS REAPPOINTMENTS. M.B.E. W.B.E. ADVISORY COMMITTEE, JONATHAN BECHER, APPOINTMENT CONSENSUS, MAHISH RAHEED, REAPPOINTMENT CONSENSUS. UNDER THE MECHANICAL PLUMBING AND SOLAR BOARD, THOMAS COMB CONSENSUS AND BERNARD R. WARD CONSENSUS. THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, AMY BABISH, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN. MARKET COMMISSION, CONSENSUS, LAURA ANNE WISDOM. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, JEFFREY SCOTT BECK AGE, CONSENSUS, ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION, THESE ARE ALL CONSENSUS REAPPOINTMENTS, DONNA CARTER, MATT HARRIS, LARRY MCKEE. SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMISSION, CHARLES M. CREE, COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, COUNCILMEMBER DUNKERLEY, REAPPOINTMENT OF LESS LEE POOL. URBAN FORESTRY BOARD, BRANDY MARIE CLARK, REAPPOINTMENT CONSENSUS, ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION, BOTH ARE REAPPOINTMENTS, ANGULAR ADAMS, COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER AND BETTY BAKER, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN. AND THEN ITEM 87 IS ALSO ON CONSENT.

Mayor Garcia: CAN YOU READ -- DO YOU HAVE THAT RESOLUTION THAT HAS ALL THE APPOINTMENTS?

BROWN: I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. I CAN GET IT, THOUGH.

Mayor Garcia: LET'S GO ON. I THINK THAT'S ALL, RIGHT? ALL THE OTHERS WERE ZONING.

BROWN: YES, SIR.

Mayor Garcia: LET'S SEE. ON ITEM NUMBER 20, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WHICH I WILL RECOGNIZE, IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK. THIS ITEM IS ON CONSENT FOR APPROVAL, SO HE INDICATED THAT YOU WILL SPEAK IF NEEDED. DO YOU WANT TO?

THANKS, MAYOR. I JUST PUT MY NAME ON THERE TO SPEAK IF NEEDED, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THIS IS A STREET NAME CHANGE.

RIGHT. IT'S FROM CAMERON ROAD TO HARRIS BRANCH PARKWAY.

Mayor Garcia: MY QUESTION, AND I ASKED IT AT THE LAST MEETING, IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS ANOTHER CAMERON ROAD, ISN'T IT?

CAMERON ROAD IS DISCONTINUED THROUGH MANY PARTS OF TOWN. SO THERE IS A CAMERON ROAD IN MANY PARTS OF TIME THAT IT DOESN'T CONTINUE AS ONE STREET. IT DISCONTINUES FOR MANY PARTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP WITH THIS SECTION.

Mayor Garcia: I THOUGHT IT STARTED AT 51st STREET AND --

I'VE BEEN ON THAT PART A FEW TIMES MYSELF AND IT'S HARD TO GET A STRAIGHT LINE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, SO IT IS KIND OF CONFUSING.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. DO YOU THINK THIS MAY CAUSE ANY MORE CONFUSION?

WELL, WE'VE TALKED WITH FRANK WOFFORD, WHO IS THE EMERGENCY SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE SERVICE, AND HE HAS HAD APPROVAL OF THIS. HE THINKS IT WILL ELIMINATE CONFUSION. AND CITY STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ALSO.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANKS.

Mayor Garcia: WE ALSO HAVE ON ITEMS 53 AND 54 WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOUTH RIVER CITY CITIZENS. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST, MR. HAMMOND?

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

Mayor Garcia: THAT WAS A NICE PARADE.

MAYOR GARCIA, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER FUTRELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMPLIMENT, MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMEMBER ALVAREZ FOR COMING. YOU HONORED US ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. AND I HOPE YOU HAD A HOT TIME IN SOUTH AUSTIN. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

Mayor Garcia: WE HAD A HOT TIME AND A COOL TIME BECAUSE IT RAINED FOR THAT LITTLE WHILE.

THE SHOWER WAS NO EXTRA CHARGE, MAYOR, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO RIDE IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK ANY TIME. ON A RAINY DAY OR A SUNSHINE DAY.

Mayor Garcia: I HAVE TO SAY YOU NEED SOME PRACTICE ON THE CLUTCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE NEED TO GO OUT ON A DRIVE ONE EVENING AND I'LL GET SOME LESSONS ON THAT FROM YOU.

Mayor Garcia: LET'S GIVE HIM THREE MINUTES BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN CONVERSATION TIME.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M HERE TODAY TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR 19 MONTHS. THE PROPOSED VINTAGE TOWER ON TOWN LAKE. A YEAR AGO THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S REQUEST THAT THE FIRST READING TO LIMIT THE ZONING ON THIS SITE ON TOWN LAKE TO MF-4 WITH A HEIGHT LIMITATION OF 60 FEET. SINCE THAT FIRST READING -- AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TAKEN A SECOND LOOK AT THIS PROPOSED PROJECT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, BOB GARRETT AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE, SARAH CROCKER, TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR THIS SITE WHICH WOULD ALLOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MORE INPUT INTO THE EVENTUAL DESIGN AND INTO THE SIZE OF THIS BUILDING. WE'VE MET MANY MORE TIMES ON THIS PROJECT THAN ANY OTHER PROJECT IN MEMORY, AND AT OUR JULY FIRST, 2002 MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING, AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT VOTED TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL. AND I'M GOING TO LET SARAH CROCKER GO THROUGH THE POINTS OF THAT. WE REALIZE THAT DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IS INEVITABLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE A VERY DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN AND THE PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE KNOWN AS TOWN LAKE THAT IS SHARED BY ALL CITIZENS AND ALL VISITORS THAT COME TO AUSTIN. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A CANYON OF SKY SCRAPERS RUNNING THE LENGTH OF TOWN LAKE. WE DO -- AND WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE DOWNTOWN LIKE DEVELOPMENT MOVING INTO OUR SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE REALIZE TODAY THAT WHAT IS AGREED UPON TODAY MAY SET A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. EAST RIVERSIDE HAS BEEN IN A STATE OF TRANSITION AND I'M SORRY TO SAY ALMOST A DECLINE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE HOPE THAT A QUALITY PROJECT BUILT IN A WAY THAT IS SENSITIVE TO ITS SITE, LOCATION AND PROXIMITY TO TOWN LAKE MAY ACT AS A POSITIVE CATALYST TO OTHER QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PART OF AUSTIN. EAST RIVERSIDE IS GETTING TO BE THE REAL GATEWAY OUT TO OUR NEW AIRPORT. LIMITING THE ZONING AND BUILDING HEIGHTS, THE FOOTPRINTS ON THIS SITE MAY BE A GOOD WAY TO ALLOW SOME DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT ON EAST RIVERSIDE WHILE GIVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOWN LAKE SOME PROTECTION AS WELL. WE ASK YOUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING THESE REQUESTED AMENDMENTS. THERE ARE SOME POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SUCH AS THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, THE LIMITATIONS ON THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POSITIVE REDEVELOPMENT ALONG EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE CORRIDOR THAT MAY BE A MITIGATING FACTOR. ADDITIONALLY I'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR YOU, COUNCIL. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TASKFORCE OF STAKEHOLDERS ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW THE TOWN LAKE WATERFRONT OVERLAY ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE ENTIRE LAKEFRONT CORRIDOR IS PROTECTED RATHER THAN THIS CASE BY CASE PROCESS. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ILL EQUIPPED TO FIGHT THESE CASES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND YOU'VE SEEN THE GOTHAM CASE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER CASES ON TOWN LAKE THAT HAVE COME UP BEFORE YOU. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ROMA REPORT RATIFIED BY THE COUNCIL AT SOME DATE IN THE FUTURE AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE SECTIONS OF TOWN LAKE EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU, MR. HAMMOND. QUESTIONS FOR MR. HAMMOND? MS. CROCKER?

I WILL BE VERY BRIEF, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I HAVE PASSED OUT TO STAFF -- I KNOW THEY HAVE A COPY OF IT AND YOU HAVE A COPY AS WELL, THE LETTER ON WHICH OUR AGREEMENT WAS BASED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. BASICALLY WE ARE GOING -- WE HAVE AMENDED OUR REQUEST TO MF-6 AND MF-4 WITH ONLY THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT BEING MF-6. WITH ONLY 20% OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT THAT IS ON THE EXHIBIT THAT IS ATTACHED WILL BE PERMITTED TO GO TO 90 FEET. THE BALANCE OF THE BUILDING WILL BE LIMITED TO 60 FEET. WE HAVE AGREED THAT THIS WILL BE A PLANNING COMMISSION OR ZAPCO APPROVED SITE PLAN THAT THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT JUST BE DEDICATED, BUT CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SITE PLANS. THAT THERE WILL BE A 35-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ADJACENT TO RIVERSIDE DRIVE. ADDITIONALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ASKED -- AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO DISCUSS THIS IN DWEEN SECOND AND THIRD READING, THE POSSIBILITY OF A ROLL BACK -- [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN THE ORDINANCE. THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THEM BETWEEN NOW AND THIRD READING. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: MS. GLASGO, HOW DOES THIS WORK? THE ROLLBACK PROVISION WOULD BE IN A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE?

THAT'S CORRECT. ACTUALLY, THERE WOULD BE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT IS ENFORCED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SO THE LAW DEPARTMENT WOULD PREPARE THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

Mayor Garcia: BUT IT'S PRIVATE BETWEEN THEM?

NO, IT'S NOT. THE ROLLBACK IS ONE WE ENFORCE. IF THEY DID NOT MEET THE AGREEMENT AGREED TO, THEN IT WOULD INDICATE THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO INITIATE THE ZONING ROLL BACK.

Mayor Garcia: SO WHO WOULD BE THE PARTIES TO THE COVENANT?

IT WOULD BE THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE SIGN THE COVENANT --

Mayor Garcia: THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY?

AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT.

Mayor Garcia: AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT PART OF THIS?

ON THE REZONING COVENANTS THAT WE ATTACHED TO A ZONING CASE, WE ARE THE ENFORCERS AND NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE APPLICANT.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY.

MAYOR, IF I COULD AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE TERMS THAT WE -- THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I CAME TO AN AGREEMENT ON ARE CONTAINED IN MY CORRESPONDENCE. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TO US AND I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH MY CLIENT AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET BACK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK, SO IT'S NOT 100% AGREED UPON CONDITION, BUT I'LL KEEP MS. GLASGO APPRISED OF OUR PROGRESS. THANK YOU.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU. MR. HAMMOND, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE AGREEMENT AS EXPLAINED BY MS. CROCKER? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PLAN BY MS. CROCKER?

YES. WE'RE STILL TALKING AND IF WE CAN DO A SECOND READING IT WILL GIVE US TIME BEFORE THE THIRD READING TO HOPEFULLY WORK THIS OUT. I THINK THE ROLLBACK WOULD BE A GOOD THING. IF SH SIENT DOESN'T GET DEVELOPED IN FIVE YEARS IT GOES BACK TO MF-4 AND IT GIVES US A LITTLE PROTECTION.

Mayor Garcia: ALL RIGHT. LET ME READ AGAIN INTO THE RECORD THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT.

SLUSHER: MAYOR? I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO PUT BACK ON, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO THAT BEFORE YOU READ.

Mayor Garcia: SURE.

SLUSHER: NUMBER 50, THAT'S THE PERSONNEL POLICIES ON LEAVE MATERIAL FOR EMPLOYEES. I'M READY TO PUT THAT ON. I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THE EMPLOYEES FELT ABOUT THAT, BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN CLEARED UP. AND NUMBER 77 THROUGH 82 TO DO WITH THE COLTON BLUFF SUBDIVISION, I WOULD PUT THOSE BACK ON, BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MR. HILGERS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK. SO I CAN DO THAT AS PART OF CONSENT OR LATER.

Mayor Garcia: CAN WE GET MR. HILGERS IN THE ROOM?

MR. HERSH WILL DO.

Mayor Garcia: STEWART.

COUNCILMEMBER, I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. STEWART HERSH WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT.

SLUSHER: BASICALLY WHAT I'M WONDERING IS HOW THIS ARRANGEMENT DIFFERS FROM THE STANDARD REIMBURSEMENT POLICY ON WASTEWATER AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THAT.

IF ALL -- I'M THE DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER AND ENGINEERING. THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE'RE REIMBURSING SOME SOFT COSTS THAT ARE NOT COVERED IN THE ORDINANCE AND WE'RE COMING FORWARD WITH A REQUEST. ACTUALLY, THE DEVELOPER REQUESTED SOME SOFT COST REIMBURSEMENTS. TYPICALLY A DEVELOPER DESIGNS HIS PROJECT, COMES TO US FOR SERVICE, WE SIZE THE LINE APPROPRIATELY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS CASE TROOS THERE'S A HE'D NEED TO SIZE THE LINE TO SERVE THE BASIN, AND BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING THEM TO OVERSIZE THIS LINE, WE'RE ALSO COVERING SOME SOFT COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SLUSHER: SO THAT'S PART OF BASICALLY A NEGOTIATION TO GET THEM TO -- TO GET THE OVERSIZED LINE?

THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO DO THE OVERSIZING ON THEIR OWN, SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT REQUIREMENT ON THEM AND IT'S A NEGOTIATION FOR THEM TO ACCEPT THE OVERSIZING.

>SLUSHER: SO WE DO THIS FREQUENTLY OR PERIODICALLY?

WHEN THE UTILITY HAS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FACILITIES OR OVERSIZING FACILITIES, WE DO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS ON THE SOFT COSTS.

SLUSHER: OKAY. IS THIS GOAMENT GOING TO HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING? DEVELOPMENT.

COUNCILMEMBER, THIS IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST 40% REASONABLY PRICED THAT WILL MEET ALL THE OTHER SMART HOUSING STANDARDS AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE AS YOU WILL RECALL AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, ONE OF THE THINGS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE'S REPORT ON SMART HOUSING IS THE NEED FOR ENHANCED INCENTIVES BEYOND JUST THE FEE WAIVERS AND THE EXPEDITED REVIEW THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE. AND THIS IS ONE PART OF THAT PUZZLE TO TRY AND LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS THAT WORK BOTH FOR THE UTILITY AND FOR SMART HOUSING TO MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT WORK. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION THAT YOU APPROVED A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO WE'RE BRINGING A NUMBER OF COUNCIL GOALS AND POLICIES TOGETHER BY THIS ACTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY.

SLUSHER: HOW MANY UNITS OVERALL ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS SUBDIVISION?

THERE ARE GOING TORE SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS IN THE OVERALL SUBDIVISION AND THEN 40% OF THOSE WILL BE REASONABLY PRICED. WE THINK THE NUMBER'S GOING TO BE AROUND 570.

SLUSHER: 570 TOTAL AND 40% OF THAT REASONABLY PRICED?

RIGHT. BUT IT WILL REALLY BE DETERMINED BY HOW THE SUBDIVISION PLAT WORK REALLY PANS OUT IN THE END.

SLUSHER: AND BY OVERSIZING THE LINES YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER REASONABLY PRICED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HAPPEN IN THE AREA?

THAT'S CORRECT. THE LINE WILL BE SIZED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE BASIN, SO IT WILL PICK UP ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.

SLUSHER: IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

Wynn: MAYOR, I CAN ADD TWO OF MY PULLED ITEMS BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THEM WHEN THEY HAVE THE LITTLE PACKAGE TOGETHER. THAT WOULD BE ITEMS NUMBER 59 AND 62.

Mayor Garcia: NOW IS THE TIME, COUNCILMEMBER.

Wynn: OKAY. 59 IS THE CONTRACT FOR ALLEY PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENT DOWNTOWN. OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REPAVING A SERIES OF ALLEYS DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF THIS. AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR DOWNTOWN DENSE PHI, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE AND PEDESTRIANS USE OUR ALLEYS, MUCH LESS ALL THE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THESE BUILDINGS. MY ISSUE OR CHALLENGE TO STAFF IS THAT AS WE DO THESE PROJECTS, LET'S BE AS SMART AS WE CAN AND THINK AHEAD AND THROUGH THROUGH OTHER ISSUES THAN JUST THE PAVEMENT OF THE ALLEYS. THAT IS THE PLACEMENT OF PRIVATELY OWNED DUMPSTERS UP AND DOWN THE ALLEYS. THERE ARE -- ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE LOT LINE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NEWER SORT OF ABOVE GROUND GREASE TRAPS AND GREASE CONTAINMENT FACILITIES THAT WERE BUILT BACK IN THE ALLEYS, LET'S FIGURE OUT PERHAPS HOW WE CAN HAVE JOINT OR SHARED GREASE TRAPS BETWEEN BUILDINGS. MOSTLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO LIMIT THE CLUTTER AND HAVE JUST POTENTIALLY A MORE EFFICIENT, EASIER TO DRIVE THROUGH FOR THE TRUCKS AND EASIER FOR PEDESTRIANS TO USE THESE FAILTS. SO -- FACILITIES. SO AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THIS JUST A PAVEMENT EXERCISE, LET'S AT LEAST FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE OR THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR THE SIXTH STREET MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT OTHER GROUPS WE CAN GET AS MUCH BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND HELP CLEAN UP THE ALLEY. ITEM NUMBER 62 IS THE MALCOLM PURNEY CONTRACT WHERE THEY HELP US WITH ALL OF OUR ANNEXATION COORDINATION. IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND THIS IS A BIG CONTRACT. I KNOW THAT A PART OF THIS IS FOR THE EWBANK ACRES ANNEXATION AREA THAT WE'RE DOING IN SORT OF INNER NORTHEAST AUSTIN. SOME OF US AT LEAST HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A SIMILAR ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LIKE EWBANK ACRES IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY CITY OF AUSTIN, YET THEY'RE STILL UNANNEXED, UNINCORPORATED TRAVIS COUNTY. THEY LIKELY WILL BE PETITIONING FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AND SO PERHAPS THE HEART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND FORMAL EXECUTION WITH THIS, LET'S JUST THINK THROUGH WHETHER THAT POTENTIAL ANNEXATION IF IN FACT COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO THAT, THERE COULD BE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE ON THIS PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENTS CONTRACT AND/OR WHETHER IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE STAND ALONE AGREEMENT LATER. DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT SOME ECONOMIES ON THIS CONTRACT ON THAT NEXT LIKELY ROUND OF ANNEXATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

Mayor Garcia: THANK YOU. ON THIS NUMBER 62, MY QUESTION IS ARE THERE ANY MORE AMENDMENTS FORTHCOMING ON THIS ONE? WHAT IS THE TOTAL PACKAGE GIVEN THE '97 AND 2000 ANNEXATIONS?

THIS AMENDMENT ON THE ANNEXATIONS IS WRAPPING UP THOSE ANNEXATIONS EXCEPT FOR EWBANK ACRES AND DAVENPORT. DAVENPORT WE HAVE YET TO TAKE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OFF LINE, SO WE STILL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WORKING ON THAT ASPECT OF IT. BUT THE 97-'98 ANNEXATION PROGRAM IS PRETTY MUCH WRAPPING UP. AND I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

Mayor Garcia: IS THAT WHERE WE'RE TAKING THE SITE PLAN ON THE RIVER ON OAT OWE.

THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. WE CAME FORWARD WITH AN ITEM THAT GAVE US THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON FINALIZING THAT DESIGN AND GETTING THIS PROJECT IN PLACE. THAT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT WE CAME TO YOU ALL WITH THAT ITEM. NOW WE'VE HIRED THIS AMENDMENT -- THIS HIRES MALCOLM PURNEY AND GETS ON WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD THE CONSENT AGENDA. NUMBER 5, NUMBER 6 FOR INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENTS, NUMBER 8 WITH THE CHANGES THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD AND THE FISCAL NOTE OF $50,000. NUMBER 20, 21 WITH A POSTPONEMENT INDEFINITELY, NUMBER 22 AND 23 THROUGH 42 ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN UP AT 5:45 TIME CERTAIN. NUMBER 43 IS THE POSTPONEMENT JULY 18th. NUMBER 44 ALREADY HAS BEEN DECIDED. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. 50 HAS BEEN PUT BACK ON CONSENT BY COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER. IMUN, IMOO -- OWE 51, 52 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. 54, 55 IS ON CONSENT FOR POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 18th. 56, 57, 58, 60, 61. 59 IS BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 62 IS BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 HAS BEEN PULLED. 75, 76. AND THEN ITEMS 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 AND 82 HAVE BEEN PUT BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COUNCILMEMBER SLUSHER. 83, 84, 85, 86 WITH THE APPOINTMENTS READ INTO THE RECORD BY THE CITY CLERK. DID WE GET THE RESOLUTION ON 87?

> BROWN: YES, SIR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THAT. THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES TO THE LOCAL INTERGOVERNMENT BOARDS ARE APOSTPONEMENTED. HEALTH CARE ISSUES, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCILMEMBERS DUNKERLEY, ALVAREZ AND THOMAS. AUDIT AND FINANCE, MAYOR GARCIA, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS DUNKERLEY AND WYNN. MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND W.B.E., COUNCILMEMBERS ALVAREZ, THOMAS AND DUNKERLEY. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN, COUNCILMEMBERS ALALVAREZ AND DUNKERLY. CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINT SUBCOMMITTEES, MAYOR GARCIA, COUNCILMEMBERS ALVAREZ AND WYNN. CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING CORPORATION, MAYOR GARCIA, COUNCILMEMBERS WYNN, SLUSHER AND THOMAS. CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONALTER NATS, MAYOR PRO TEM GOODMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS ALVAREZ AND DUNKERLEY. CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL VISIONING PROJECT, COUNCILMEMBER WYNN. AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE COUNCIL, MAYOR GARCIA.

Mayor Garcia: LET ME ALSO TELL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE APPOINTED TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH ISSUES THAT I OWE THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE -- I TOLD THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT MS. DUNKERLEY SERVE AS CHAIR ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. SHE WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THE ITEM TO US AND YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT AT THE TIME THAT Y'ALL MEET. BUT DON'T LET ME DOWN BECAUSE I'M OVERCOMMIT ODD THAT FRONT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT.

BROWN: MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING, THAT 53 AND 54 IS SECOND READING ONLY.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?

Wynn: SO MOVE.

Mayor Garcia: SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: OPPOSED NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO -- SEVEN TO ZERO. ITEM NUMBER 52, COUNCILMEMBER WYNN?

Wynn: THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS ONE OF OUR NCMP LOANS AIND HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS FOR MR. HILGERS THAT I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T GET ANSWERED ON MONDAY.

NO PROBLEM, SIR.

Wynn: REMIND ME WHAT IS OUR COLLATERAL POSITION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND LIEN ON SOME PROPERTY SOME.

YES, SIR, WE DO. WE HAVE A SECOND LIEN POSITION ON THE PROPERTY. ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE ENTIRE LOAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE. RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE COLLATERAL IS STRUCTURED IS IT IS ON THE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY. WE DON'T HAVE APPRAISALS ON THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD COME UP, BUT WHEN THEY COME UP WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND LIEN POSITION.

Wynn: WITH WELLS FARGO BEING THE LIEN HOLDER?

THAT'S CORRECT.

Wynn: I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO AN ISSUE WITH THIS PROGRAM IS FRANKLY WE HADN'T HAD ANY ACTIVITY. WE HADN'T BEEN PLACING LOANS AND THE QUESTION WAS WHY SHOULD WE HAVE THIS WHEN WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY LENDERS DOING SIMILAR KIND OF PRODUCTS IN THAT PART OF TOWN? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST FEW YEARS?

YES, SIR. WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY AND WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO UNCOUNCIL -- WE'VE JUST SECURED AN ADDITIONAL TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN A 108 LOAN FROM HUD. THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE PAPERWORK TO BRING THAT TWO MILLION DOLLARS HERE. THAT WAS ANNOUNCED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND WE'RE WORKING AS I SAID WITH HUD TO FINAL FINALIZE THAT DOCUMENT SO THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE FUNDS HERE. AS A RESULT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE'VE HAD A MAJOR INCREASE IN THE INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM. WE HAVE NOW PROCESSED TWO ADDITIONAL LOANS IN THE LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE -- WE ARE WORKING ON AN ADDITIONAL THREE LOANS CURRENTLY THAT WERE BEING PROCESSED. THIS USES THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO THE NCNP PROGRAM AND SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER PROGRAM UNTIL WE ENGAGE THAT ADDITIONAL TWO MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE IN LINE TO BEGIN TO ACCESS THAT TWO MILLION DOLLARS. SO THE INTEREST HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.

Wynn: CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ONE OF MY ISSUES, WHICH IS WE HAD GROUPS LIKE THE CDC OUT THERE MIKEING --

ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM AND WE IN SOME CASES FUND THEM AS WELL TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERS AND ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES, INVESTMENT IN GROWTH, OUR SUPPORT OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY GOAMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTION, AND HAS ACCESS IN SOME CASES TO EVEN GREATER AMOUNTS AND MUCH GREATER AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL THAN WE HAVE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHAT THE NCNP LOANS ALLOWS US TO DO IS STILL A NICHE THAT WITH SOME OF OUR SERVICES ARE MICROLOANS, SO WE HAVE MICROLENDING THAT ONLY GOES UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS. THE NCNP PROGRAM WILL ALLOW FUNDING OF UP TO $250,000, WHICH IS A -- WHICH IS CAPPED AT 40% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. THE PROGRAM THAT ACDC CAN DO BOTH SMALL LOANS AND EVEN HIGHER LOANS, SO ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK COOPERATIVELY, NOT COMPETITIVELY WITH THOSE THAT ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY REFERRING PEOPLE TO A SMALLER LOAN WHEN THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE, BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT GROWTH FOR EXAMPLE IS WORKING ON CHILD CARE LOANS AND DEVELOPING A PROGRAM WITH SBA. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING THE RESOURCES. SO IT'S GREAT TO SAY THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH THE SNBR PROGRAM, AND THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH SOME OF THE RESOURCES. SO IT'S KIND OF A STAIRSTEPED APPROACH, IF YOU WILL. AND NCNP FITS A NICHE IN THAT STAIRWAY.

AND REMIND ME, FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT KNOW THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL AN EXTERNAL LOAN COMMITTEE.

YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.

Wynn: WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT --

YES, SIR. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LOAN COMES FORWARD AND IS SUBMITTED TO US AND IT IS REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS AND INCLUDING LENDING -- PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE ON LENDING INSTITUTIONS. AND ONE OF OUR STAFF FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTER AS WELL. SO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, SO THERE'S I THINK A SIX-MEMBER PANEL THAT REVIEWS THESE LOANS.

Wynn: OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 52.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 52. AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, IF YOU COULD TELL ME AGAIN IF YOU DID, I DON'T REMEMBER. HOW MANY JOBS ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS?

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU THAT, MAYOR. THIS PARTICULAR -- THIS IS ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR LOAN IS THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED ONLY TO MEET A SEVEN-JOB CREATION IS ALL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO TO MEET THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LOAN. THEY ARE GOING TO CREATE 20 ADDITIONAL JOBS WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOAN. I WAS SUPPOSED TO MENTION THAT HIGHLIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME THAT. IT WILL BE 20.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. SO IT'S ABOUT 12,000 -- 12 THOWRS 500 -- 12,500 PER JOB.

YES.

Mayor Garcia: AND SBA IS 30,000?

I THINK IT VARIES ON HOW THE DEAL IS STRUCTURED.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN, SECONDED BY ME. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE?

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: OPPOSED NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. ITEM NUMBER 74, COUNCILMEMBER WYNN?

Wynn: THANK YOU. A QUESTION FOR MR. LIBRACH, I ASSUME. REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE PROJECT. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR T-21 PROPOSALS LAST YEAR THAT DIDN'T GET CHOSEN. AND AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC FUNDS TOWARDS WHAT WE BELIEVE WAS THE BEGINNING OF SORT OF AN APPROPRIATE CITY LEVEL FUNDING, THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL VISIONING PROJECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

Wynn: WERE THERE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THAT PARTICULAR BALANCE AT THAT TIME?

I BELIEVE, COUNCIL DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE REMAINING ABOUT THE FUNDING FORCE STUDY. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS 250,000 WAS DETERMINED BY COUNCIL TO BE TAKEN FROM THESE FUNDS AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE VISIONING STUDY. AND I THINK THE GENERAL COMMENTS BY THE COUNCIL WERE TO THE EFFECT THAT WHEN THE VISIONING STUDY HAD RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER MEMBER JURISDICTIONS THAT PERHAPS THE COUNCIL WOULD RECONSIDER SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE VISIONING STUDY, BUT THERE WASN'T -- I DON'T RECALL ANY SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OR DESIRE TO ALLOCATE MORE OF THESE FUNDS TO THAT. I THINK THE DIRECTION I BELIEVE WAS TO MOVE THESE TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE SAME CATEGORY THAT HAD A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ORIENTATION.

Wynn: REMIND ME. THE ORIGINAL ORIGINS OF THE FUNDS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THOSE T-21 PROJECTS, WAS THAT MOSTLY PART OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S QUARTER-CENT CAPITAL METRO DOLLARS?

YES. THIS IS ALL -- THIS REALLOCATION WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO TODAY IS ALL FROM LAST YEAR'S QUARTER-CENT OR FROM LAST YEAR'S ALLOCATION TO THE CITY FROM CAPITAL METRO. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE QUARTER-CENT CATEGORY, ALTHOUGH WE HAD THREE CATEGORIES. SO WE'RE WANTING TO REALLOCATE FROM LAST YEAR'S AMOUNT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. AND IF YOU AGREE, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO CAPITAL METRO AND GET THEIR AGREEMENT AS WELL. AND JUST TO UNDERSCORE IT, NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE, WE'LL BE COMING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 2002 QUARTER-CENT, SO IT'S THE SECOND YEAR IN WHAT I THINK WILL BE FOUR YEARS PERHAPS OF QUARTER-CENT FUNDING AND THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, PERHAPS MORE FUNDING FOR THE VISIONING STUDY AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT COUNCILMEMBERS MIGHT HAVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

Wynn: OKAY. I GUESS WE CAN CONSIDER THIS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS' UP THAT I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT SOME OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS WILL IN FACT BE PUTTING SOME SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TOWARDS THIS VISIONING PROJECT, AND SO AT SOME POINT WITHIN THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, I SUSPECT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS HERE ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN. SO AS YOU DRAFT YOUR POTENTIAL FUNDING OF NEXT YEAR'S CAPITAL METRO QUARTER-CENT, THEN PERHAPS KEEP THAT EARMARK IN MIND. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL APPROVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 74.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 74. AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, AUSTAN. ON THE ISSUE OF THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY, HAS THERE BEEN MORE DISCUSSION WITH THE AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE HAD AN INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT DISCUSSION?

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE -- MOST OF THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING LANCE ARMSTRONG OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LANDOWNERS AND SO ON AND ARE NOW ENGAGED IN A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING EFFORT FOR THAT PORTION OF LANCE ARMSTRONG. THE REMAINING SEGMENT IN DOWNTOWN IS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU THAT WE HAD THE WORK SESSION ON THE OTHER DAY THAT WE WILL ALSO BRING TO YOU ON THE 18 18th FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND IF YOU AGREE AND MOVE THAT WE BEGIN -- ASSUME THAT THE LANCE ARMSTRONG SHOULD BE ON FOURTH STREET AS WE'RE RECOMMENDING, THEN THAT WILL THEN MOVE FORWARD TO BECOME A PART OF THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK THAT HAS NOW STARTED WITH THE OTHER SEGMENTS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. I THINK THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW WE ARE -- WE HAVE WORKED OUT ISSUES SUCH AS THEY ARE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.

Mayor Garcia: FURTHER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 74? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR?

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: OPPOSED NO. MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. AND NOW WE GO BACK TO THE MINUTES, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 19. AND I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OF JUNE 26TH, 2002 OF THE REGULAR MEETING -- THE WORK SESSION FROM JUNE 22nd AND THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 27TH. IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THOSE TWO MEETINGS.

Wynn: MOVE APPROVAL, MAYOR.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER WYNN, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

Mayor Garcia: MOTION CARRIES ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO. AND COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA UNTIL OUR TIME CERTAIN AT 4:00 O'CLOCK. WE HAVE 35 MINUTES. AND I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE AT THIS TIME THAT THE COUNCIL WILL GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO -- UNDER THE PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 551.071, DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO SAVE OUR SPRINGS RELIANCE AND CIRCLE C AND STRATUS PROPERTIES, INC., CAUSE NUMBER GN 2018 IN THE 2 SCIRS JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY TEXAS AND LEG ISSUES RELATED TO CIRCLE C LAND CORPORATION. MS. GLASGO, SO WE KIND OF GET AN IDEA, BECAUSE AFTER THE 4:00 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, THE NEXT TIME CERTAIN IS AT 5:30. I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY OF YOUR ZONING CASES ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS?

I HAVE FOUR CASES ON FOR DISCUSSION, MAYOR. THEY SHOULDN'T BE VERY LONG. ITEM NUMBER Z-7, THE APPLICANT IS AGREEING TO TWO CONDITIONS OF THE ZONING AND PLATTING COMMISSION. Z-89 ARE THE AVIATION CASES AND VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION. AND Z- 10 IS A BRIEF DISCUSSION ALSO. SO IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY MORE THAN 30 MINUTES.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. SO IF WE COME OUT HERE AT 4:45, WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DEAL WITH IT BY 5:30? THAT GIVES YOU 45 MINUTES.

I WOULD HOPE SO.

Mayor Garcia: OKAY. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE ZONING CASES, WE WILL TAKE THEM UP AT 5:45 AND NOW WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. 5:45.

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