Closed Caption Log, Council Meeting, 5/22/08

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Mayor Wynn: GOOD MORNING, I'M AUSTIN MAYOR WILL WIN, IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME PASTOR CHARLES ROBINSON, TREE OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL PRAYER AND PRAISE CENTER, IN FAR NORTHWEST AUSTIN TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION, PLEASE RISE.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS, IT'S A BLESSING AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY. LORD, WE JUST COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE TODAY AND WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS. WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING, FIRST IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE ASK THAT THESE ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS, LORD GOD, AND THE CHER GEE MEMBERS OF THE -- CLERGY MEMBERS OF THIS CITY, THE BUSINESS PEOPLE OF THIS CITY WOULD LIVE TOGETHER, LORD, AND THAT WE WOULD COME TOGETHER IN UNITY TO SEE THE POTENTIAL OF THIS CITY, TO SEE THE POTENTIAL OF ITS PEOPLE COME FORTH. LORD, WE ALSO ASK YOU TO BLESS THE COUNCILMEMBERS TODAY. THEIR SPOUSES, THEIR FAMILY. WE ASK THAT YOUR PROTECTION AND YOUR GRACE WOULD BE UPON THEM. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO -- TO GIVE US YOUR WISDOM TODAY FOR THE DECISIONS THAT ARE TO BE MADE AND THE GREAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT THESE ELECTED SERVANTS HAVE, GOD, WE DO NOT, THEY DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY. LORD, YOUR WORD SAYS IN REVELATION, CHAPTER 3, VERSE 20, THAT YOU STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK. AND IF ANY MAN HEAR YOUR VOICE AND OPEN THE DOOR, YOU WILL COME INTO HIM AND DINE WITH HIM AND HIM WITH YOU. SO LORD, JESUS, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING TO COME INTO THIS CITY IN A GREATER WAY AND WE ASK YOU TO DO THAT. WE PRAY ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. THANK YOU.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, PASTOR ROBINSON. THERE BEING A QUORUM PRESENT, AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. IT IS THURSDAY, MAY 22nd, 2008. APPROXIMATELY 10:17 A.M. WE ARE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING, 301 WEST SECOND STREET. WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF CHANGES AND/OR CORRECTIONS TO THIS WEEK'S POSTED AGENDA. THEY ARE -- THE NOTATION THAT BOTH ITEMS 2 AND 8 COME TO US RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION. ON ITEM NO. 14, WE NEED TO TO -- TO INSERT THE WORDS -- THE PROPER NAME OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, AUSTIN AND NORTHWEST. SO THAT WOULD READ "THE AUSTIN AND NORTHWEST RAILROAD TRACKS." ON ITEM NO. 19, WE NEED TO CORRECT ONE FIGURE, SO WE WILL -- ON ONE OF THE 12 MONTH EXTENSIONS THE AMOUNT -- THE CORRECTED ESTIMATED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED IS $582,340. THERE WAS A TYPO ON THE ORIGINAL POSTING. ON ITEM NO. 25, WE SHOULD STRIKE THE WORDS "PORTIONS OF THE" INSERT THE WORD "THOSE" AND STRIKE THE WORDS "CENTRAL OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS" AND INSERT OPERATIONS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT MAIN HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND INSERT -- AND STRIKE THE WORD "NORTHEAST -- NORTHEAST POLICE STATION IOWA EYE" INSERTING SUBSTATION THAT WILL HOUSE NORTHEAST COMMANDS. THE CORRECTED SUMMARY OF THIS ITEM NO. 25 WOULD BE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF LOCATING THOSE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT A.P.D.'S MAIN HEADQUARTER BUILDING, TO THE PLANNED SUBSTATION THAT WILL HOUSE THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREA COMMANDS AND REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN 90 DAYS. ITEM NO. 25. ON ITEM NO. 54, WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO SAY THE THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT GENERAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OR CS-CO COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING. WE SHOULD NOTE THAT ITEM NO. 34 IS RELATED TO ITEM NO. 38. AND ALSO NOTE THAT ITEM 37 AND 39 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. OF COURSE THE NOTATION THEN THEREFORE THAT ITEM 38 IS ALSO RELATED TO ITEM 34. THEN FINALLY, COUNCIL, ON ITEM NO. 12, WE HAVE A REVISED ORDINANCE, THIS IS REGARDING THE -- THE REFINANCING OF THE MILLENNIUM YOUTH CENTER. SO THERE'S A -- THERE'S A CORRECTED ORDINANCE ON THE DAIS, SO WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT WILL BE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE TAKE ACTION ON. IF IN FACT ITEM NO. 12 IS APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. LET'S SEE. OUR -- OUR SCHEDULE TODAY IS THAT AFTER WE APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND IF THERE ARE ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP THIS MORNING. WE THEN LIKELY WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAVE A LIMITED EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT JUST PRIOR TO AND AFTER OUR LUNCH HOUR, BUT AT NOON WE COME BACK FOR OUR GENERAL CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. AT 1:00 TODAY WE ARE GOING TO START -- WE WILL CONDUCT THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FIVE ON DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WHO ARE PROPOSING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT DOWN THE STREET. WE WILL START THOSE AT 1:00. WE ANTICIPATE THOSE FIVE PRESENTATIONS LASTING ALL THE WAY TO OUR 5:30 BREAK FOR LIVE MUSIC AND PROCLAMATIONS. OUR MUSICIAN BY THE WAY, TODAY, IS LATIN AT HEART. CONTINUING OUR LATINO MUSIC MONTH SERIES. I -- I ANTICIPATE THEN US TAKING UP THE ZONING MATTERS AFTER -- JUST AFTER 6:00 P.M. SO ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON BEGINNING AT 1:00, WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE FIVE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS FOR THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AFTER LIVE MUSIC AND PROCLAMATIONS WE'LL COME BACK AND TAKE UP WHAT'S A RELATIVELY LIMITED ZONING AGENDA, AND THEN -- THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER CONDUCT OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE EVENING. SO THAT IS OUR -- OUR CORRECTED AGENDA FOR TODAY. SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, COUNCIL ANY -- ANY ANTICIPATED ITEMS COMING FROM COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS? COUNCILMEMBER COLE?

Cole: MAYOR, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, JUNE 19th IS ACTUALLY THE DAY THAT TEXAS BECAME AWARE THAT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED AND WE AS A BODY MADE A COLLECTIVE DECISION NOT TO HOLD A COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT DAY, BUT TO HOLD IT ON JUNE 18th, THE DAY BEFORE JUNE 19th. SO THAT ANY COUNCILMEMBER COULD PARTICIPATE IN THOSE FESTIVITIES. AND I'VE HEARD VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THAT DECISION.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. AGAIN, ANY ANTICIPATED ITEMS FROM COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO? HEARING NONE, THEN I WILL READ A PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA NUMERICALLY. AND IT WILL BE: TO APPROVE ITEM NO. 1, OUR MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. FROM OUR WATER UTILITY, APPROVING ITEM NO. 2 PER CHANGES AND CORRECTION. FROM OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, APPROVING ITEM NO. 3 3. FROM OUR CONTRACT AND LAND MANAGEMENT COMPLAIN APPROVING ITEM NOS 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8 PER CHANGES AND CORRECTION. FROM OUR LAW DEPARTMENT, APPROVING ITEM NOS 9 AND 10. FROM OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT APPROVING ITEM 11. FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, APPROVING ITEM NO. 12 PER CHANGES AND CORRECTION. AND ITEM 13. FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, APPROVING ITEM 14 PER CHANGES AND CORRECTION. FROM OUR PURCHASING OFFICE, APPROVING ITEMS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, PER CHANGES AND CORRECTION. 20, 21, AND 22. ITEM NO. 23 IS OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS THAT I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD. TO THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY E.M.S. ADVISORY BOARD, PAUL CARROZA IS MY NOMINATION. TO OUR COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, AOY ACONDA SORRY IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING THAT IS COUNCILMEMBER COLE'S. NUMBER 23. ALSO APPROVING ITEM NO. 24, ITEM 25 PER CHANGES AND CORRECTION, 26, 27, AND 28. WE WILL BE SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BY APPROVING ITEMS 29, 30, 31, 32, AND 33. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ, SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER LEFFINGWELL?

Leffingwell: I HAVE A PROPOSED FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ITEM NO. 24 WHICH IS THE ITEM THAT DIRECT -- WHICH DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO NOT PURCHASE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES FOR USE WITHIN CITY HALL AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR OTHER CITY VENUES AND EVENTS TO MITIGATE THE USE OF PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES. BUT IT'S A ONE-WORD REVISION TO THE RESOLUTION. THE FIRST ITEM AFTER BE IT RESOLVED, INSERT THE WORD DISPOSABLE BEFORE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE TALKING BY INDIVIDUALLY DISPOSABLE WATER BOTTLES AND NOT THE BIG FIVE GALLON BOTTLES.

Mayor Wynn: COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ DO I CONSIDER THAT FRIENDLY? MAYOR PRO TEM? OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE AMENDED MOTION AND SECOND ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA AS READ. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US SOME TESTIMONY. ON ITEM NO. 13, GUESS PENA SIGNED UP WISHING TO ADDRESS US. REGARDING -- REGARDING AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. WELCOME BACK, GUS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, GUS PENA, I KNOW THIS IS A RESOLUTION, BUT AGAIN I WOULD ASK YOU, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, COUNCILMEMBERS, REGARDING THE -- THE STATEMENT OF AFFORDABILITY OR AFFORDABLE, WHAT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I CALLED THE H.U.D. AND ALSO SPOKE TO FORMER SECRETARY OF H.U.D., FORMER MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO HENRY CISNEROS, A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY'S, ASKED HIM TO WORK WITH US TO GET A NEW CLEAR CUT DEFINITION OF WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING REALLY IS. AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SOME PEOPLE FROM CALIFORNIA CAN AFFORD TO BUY A HOUSE AT $350,000, BUT A PERSON FROM EAST AUSTIN, SOUTH AUSTIN, NORTHWEST AUSTIN CANNOT AFFORD THAT UNIT. SO ANYWAY, I WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND ALSO AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO THE FUNDING MECHANISM, YOU KNOW, WHO IS GOING TO CONTROL IT? WHAT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO CONTROL IT? IT'S GOING TO BE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO ASKED FOR A -- FOR ANOTHER REVISION OF THE MFI LISTING. MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME. IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. IT SHOULD BE REVISED. AND ALSO NEW FIGURES SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED SO WE ARE HOPING THAT H.U.D. WILL LOOK AT THAT, ALSO. SUNNY MEADE APARTMENTS ONE OF THE LAST AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS IS GOING TO BE TORN DOWN TO I GUESS BUILD AFFORDABILITY WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE AFFORDABLE TO THE POOR. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION, I KNOW IT'S A RESOLUTION BUT I NEED TO MAKE THESE COMMENTS REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THANK YOU.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, MR. PENA. AND WE'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT A NUMBER OF FOLKS ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NO. 32, HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF NEED BE. AND/OR NOT WANTING TO SPEAK, BUT ALL IN FAVOR, ITEM NO. 32, TECHNICALLY WE ARE JUST SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 5th REGARDING THE -- THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VISIBILITY -- VISITABILITY, EXCUSE ME, STANDARDS FOR NEW HOMES IN AUSTIN. I THINK THAT'S ALL OF OUR CITIZEN SPEAKERS, COUNCIL. AGAIN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE APPROVING AN AMENDED CONSENT AGENDA. FURTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ON ITEM NO. 19 THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PRESS REGARDING THIS. WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH AUSTIN ENERGY TO PURCHASE TWO-WAY ELECTRONIC ELECTRIC METERS. THAT IS, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGH TECHNOLOGY RADIO BASED ELECTRIC METERS AND SO THE -- THE AUSTIN ENERGY CAN READ THOSE METERS EVERY 15 MINUTES VIA RADIO FREQUENCY AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT AND READING THEM MANUALLY. I SHOULD NOTE THIS, ROGER, PROBABLY 400,000 METERS IN AUSTIN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 400,000 INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS AT AUSTIN ENERGY. THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE WORK DAY WE HAVE TO READ MANUALLY 20,000 ELECTRIC METERS. DAY IN AND KAY DAY OUT. WHAT THIS INITIAL PURCHASE WILL ALLOW US TO START DOING IN A MUCH BROADER FORMAT IS TO HAVE THOSE READ ELECTRONICALLY. NUMBER ONE, DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. FROM A CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN STANDPOINT, A MEASURED REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES EMITTED BECAUSE OF US MANUALLY HAVING TO READ 20,000 ELECTRIC METERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. NUMBER 2, ALSO ALLOWS AUSTIN ENERGY TO BECOME AWARE OF OUTAGES ALMOST IN REAL TIME AS OPPOSED TO NEEDING TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL IN AN INDIVIDUAL OUTAGE SOMEWHERE, WHICH AS WE SAW LAST WEEK CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR AUSTIN ENERGY TO FIND, THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW FOR REAL-TIME ALERTING OF OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEN LASTLY, IT -- IT BEGINS TO SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT I THINK IS INEVITABLE IN THIS COUNTRY OVER THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THAT'S REAL-TIME PRICING OF ELECTRICITY. THAT IS THERE'S VERY IMPORTANT JUDICIOUS STRATEGIC REASONS WHY ELECTRIC UTILITIES WOULD WANT TO MANAGE A PEAK DEMAND AND YOU CAN DO THAT IN THEORY OVER TIME BY HAVING REAL-TIME PRICING OF ELECTRICITY. IT'S MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE FOR US TO DELIVER ELECTRICITY SAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN DEMAND IS VERY, VERY LOW. WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY VERY EXPENSIVE ELECTRICITY, SPOT PURCHASES ON OPEN MARKET AND/OR WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD ADDITIONAL GENERATION AND/OR EVEN FIRE UP EXISTING PEAK NATURAL GAS FIRED UNITS THAT WE HAVE. SO AGAIN ANOTHER REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES EMITTED IF WE CAN MANAGE THE PEAK LOAD THERE. ARE ALREADY APPLIANCES IN DEVELOPMENT NOW. SMART APPLIANCES THAT ESSENTIALLY WILL BE TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE GENERATING UNIT, TURN THEMSELVES ON WHEN ELECTRICITY WILL BE AT ITS LEAST DEMAND IN THEORY SOON OR RATHER THAN LATER LEAST EXPENSIVE. YOU LOAD YOUR DISHWASHER, YOU TURN IT ON. BUT IT'S REALLY SMART AND IT DOESN'T TURN ITSELF ON UNTIL IT CAN PURCHASE YOU THE CHEAPEST ELECTRICITY POSSIBLE. PROBABLY 2:30, 3:00 IN THE MORNING. MEANWHILE YOUR DISHES ARE JUST AS CLEAN THE NEXT MORNING, BUT IT SAVED YOU MONEY BY BUYING LESS EXPENSIVE ENERGY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO ULTIMATELY TWO-WAY TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN THE CONSUMER AND THE UTILITY IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY JUDICIOUS THING, BOTH FOR THE CONSUMER ADVOCACY STANDPOINT, DRIVING DOWN THE COST OF YOUR PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY. REALLY MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM A GOVERNMENTAL STANDPOINT BUILDING MORE CAREFULLY MANAGED COMPLICATED BUSINESS LIKE ELECTRICITY GENERATION. HATS OFF TO AUSTIN ENERGY FOR ONCE AGAIN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY, PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON TECHNOLOGY, ULTIMATELY CONTINUING TO HAVE A VERY PROGRESSIVE, VERY WELL RUN ELECTRIC UTILITY.

MAYOR?

COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ?

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ITEM NO. 25. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER COLE FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD BUT IT DID CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTERNATION BECAUSE POLICE WERE THINKING THIS WAS AN ITEM TO MOVE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. WHAT IT IS IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY SO THAT WHEN WE MAKE THAT DECISION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FAIRLY SOON THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. RIGHT NOW OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS OVERCROWDED. WE HAVE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL LITERALLY IN CLOSETS AND IN WALKWAYS THAT ARE CONVERTED TO, YOU KNOW, CUBICLE SPACES. SO WE KNOW THAT AS THE DEPARTMENT GROWS AND AS THE CITY GROWS, WE ARE GOING TO NEED A NEW HEADQUARTERS SOMEWHERE. I THINK THAT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE DATA NECESSARY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. WE KNOW THAT WALLER CREEK IS GOING TO LOOK VASTLY DIFFERENT IN A FEW YEARS. THERE'S GOING TO BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE. I THINK THIS STUDY WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEFORE US AND I COULD VERY HELY SEE US COMING OUT OF THIS SITUATION WITH POTENTIALLY BEING ABLE TO BUILD AN ENTIRE NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITHOUT SPENDING A SINGLE DOLLAR OF TAXPAYER MONEY BECAUSE OF THE LEVERAGING THAT WE WILL HAVE WITH THAT -- WITH THAT PRIME REAL ESTATE ON I-35 AND 8th STREET. I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN A PRESENCE DOWNTOWN WITH -- IN TERMS OF OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS. FOR PRACTICAL REASONS AND FOR TRADITIONAL REASONS, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND FOR ME I -- I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IN NO WAY WILL HARM PUBLIC SAFETY. NO WAY AFFECT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO COMPILE THE DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER COLE FOR SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.

Mayor Wynn: AGREED. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. AGAIN -- COUNCILMEMBER COLE?

Cole: I FULLY AGREE WITH ALL OF COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ'S STATEMENTS AND I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL ISSUES, BUT THE FOREMOST WAS RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ASSETS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WE MUST MANAGE THOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING WHAT IS GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT MAINTAINING A POLICE PRESENCE DOWNTOWN STILL BUT EVALUATING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OUR MAIN HEADQUARTERS HAVE TO BE DOWNTOWN, LOOKING AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT MAY BENEFIT FROM HAVING POLICE HEADQUARTERS THERE. SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST LOCATION AND I WOULD HOPE THAT AS STAFFINGS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY THAT THERE WOULD BE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS ON OUR AMENDED CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

Wynn: OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES ON A VOTE OF 7-0. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. SO, COUNCIL, THAT -- THAT NOW THEN LEAVES US WITH NO POTENTIAL DISCUSSION ITEMS AND IN FACT REALLY UNTIL THIS EVENING BECAUSE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR BRIEFINGS FROM OUR -- FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAMS REGARDING THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO TAKE UP POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUES, ITEM 34 REGARDING THE STOP DOMAIN SUBSIDY PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT, WHICH ALSO RELATES TO ITEM NO. 38. AND ITEM NO. 36, DISCUSSING THE LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE AUSTIN ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SITES. WE MAY ALSO TAKE UP THAT SAME ITEM AS REAL ESTATE MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.072, WE POSTED THAT AS ITEM NO. 35. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION AND ANTICIPATE THIS CLOSED SESSION LASTING RIGHT UP UNTIL OUR NOON GENERAL CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. WE WILL COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION, THANK YOU.

Mayor Wynn: WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE TOOK UP ONE LEGAL ISSUE, ITEM NUMBER 34, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE STOP DOMAIN SUBSIDIES. WE HAVE ENDED THAT DISCUSSION FOR THE DAY, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCIL, WE'LL JUST NOTE FOR MS. SPENCE'S ERRORS THAT ITEM NUMBER 38 HAS NOW BEEN WITHDRAWN. THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ITEM RELATED TO ITEM 34. WE HAVE NOT YET TAKEN UP EITHER THE LEGAL OR REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND/OR AUSTIN CONTROL CENTER SITES, ITEM 35 AND 36. WE SHOULD TAKE THOSE UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. THAT TAKES US TO OUR GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. WE HAVE I THINK 10 SPEAKE SIGNED UP TO ADDRESS US. OUR FIRST IS PAUL ROBBINS. WELCOME BACK, MR. ROBBINS. YOU WILL HAVE THREAMINE, TO BE FOLLOWED BY GUS PENA.

WHERE ARE THE OTHER THREE COUNCILMEMBERS?

Mayor Wynn: A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS TO CONDUCT.

WELL, I'M TRULY HONORED. CITIZENS -- THINK OF IT. IF I WERE TO TURN THE MICROPHONE AROUND AND SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF TO THE COUNCIL, WOULDN'T YOU ALL FIND IT OFFENSIVE?

Mayor Wynn: PEOPLE DO THAT FREQUENTLY. IT'S YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT, MR. ROBBINS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A POINT THAT -- I'M NOT ASKING ANY HUGE AMOUNT OF THEIR TIME, YOU KNOW? I'M PAUL ROBBINS. I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE. I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE SALE OF DOWNTOWN LAND FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY OF AUSTIN ESTABLISHED IN 1839 HAS ABOUT 13,000 EMPLOYEES. IF THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND PROSPER, WE WILL HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES, ALL OF WHOM WILL NEED OFFICES. THE CITY WILL ALSO NEED CONVENIENTLY LOCATED SITES THAT CAN SERVE AS DESTINATION FACILITIES. THERE ARE REASONS YOU WANT GOVERNMENT FACILITIES IN CENTRAL AUSTIN. THESE INCLUDE REDUCING TRAVEL TIME AND GAS COSTS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE CITY. FOR INSTANCE, HOW ARE SOUTH AUSTINITES SUPPOSED TO GET TO THE PROPOSED NEW COURTHOUSE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN? THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS THE SUPPOSED POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND MERCANTILE NERVE CENTER OF AUSTIN, AND DESPITE ALL OUR MODERN COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, PERSONAL PRESENCE AND INTERACTION ARE ESSENTIAL. HAS ANYONE DONE A SURVEY TO ASSESS HOW MUCH SPACE FOR OFFICES AND DESTINATION SITES THE CITY WILL NEED IN THE FUTURE? ANOTHER ESSENTIAL URBAN USE IS PARKS. TELL ME WHAT WOULD BE WRONG WITH SOME OR ALL OF THE LAND SLATED FOR REDEVELOPMENT TO BE USED AS A PARK ON THE DOWNTOWN SIDE OF THE COLORADO? NOT UNLIKE BUTLER PARK ON THE SOUTHSIDE. WHY ARE WE LEASING AND SELLING VALUABLE CITY LAND THAT WILL NEED -- THAT WE WILL NEED FOR OFFICE SPACE AND DESTINATION SITES? DOWNTOWN LAND IS ONLY GOING TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE. AND WE NEED TO HOARD WHAT WE HAVE LEFT. ONE FINAL NOTE. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT LAND SALES WILL FUND NEW BUILDINGS, AND AN EXAMPLE OF CITY HALL WAS USED WHERE THE SALE OF LAND SURROUNDING CITY HALL WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HELPED FUND IT. BUT ACCORDING TO MY INFORMATION, THE BUILDING COST 57 MILLION, AND THAT'S SO EXPENSIVE THAT 36 MILLION OF THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH DEBT. I'VE TRIED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO FOLLOW HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY HAS TAKEN IN AND SPENT FROM THE SALE OF CSC LAND, AND I CAN'T SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF LAND FOR SALE FOR, SAY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I CAN'T SEE HOW THE FUNDING FOR THAT LAND IS GOING TO MAKE UP ANY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE NEW BUILDING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AT LEAST THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE. AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. [ BUZZER SOUNDS ]

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, MR. ROB BE BINS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WELCOME MR. PENA. YOU TOO WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CAROL ANNE ROSE KENNEDY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE VETERANS. FOR VETERANS, WE LIFT UP THE VETERANS AND THEIR LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND WHO HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO DUTY. BECAUSE OF YOUR KINDNESS TOWARD US WE LIVE IN FREEDOM TODAY THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OUR VETERANS HAVE MADE. WE THANK YOU FOR LETTING US LIVE IN THIS LAND WHERE ONLY LOVE OF YOU AND FAMILY TAKE PRESENCE DENSE OF LOVE OF COUNTRY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIBERTIES GIVEN TO US BECAUSE OF THE COUNSELOR US SERVICE OF OUR VETERANS. BLESS US, BLESS OUR LAND THAT WE MAY ALWAYS BE THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY, AMEN. I USUALLY DON'T LIKE TO SHOW THIS, BUT THIS IS ME WHEN I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS, 18 YEARS OLD. I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO MY SONS, WHO ARE WATCHING THIS. BEHAVE YOURSELVES, GUYS. MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY. IT IS A DAY TO REMEMBER MILITARY VETERANS WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, ALL THE OTHER WARS. MY FELLOW CLASSMATES AT JOHNSTON HIGH SCHOOL, TOBY AND ALICE, DIED IN VIETNAM. I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ACCOMPANIED ALEX, BUT HE QUIT SCHOOL AND I MISS MY GOOD FRIENDS. MY GOOD FRIEND AND CHILDHOOD BUDDY WAS ALSO MY CLASSMATE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALL EAST AUSTIN SCHOOLS. ALEX AS I SAID WAS THE LAST INFANTRYMAN TO DIE IN VIETNAM, 19 YEARS OLD. REMEMBER THEM AND OTHERS THAT GAVE OF THEMSELVES AND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM, SAFETY AND DEMOCRACY AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES' FREEDOM, SAFETY AND DEMOCRACY. LET THEIR EFFORTS AND SACRIFICES NOT BE IN VAIN. REMEMBER THE MOMS WHO CARRIED US IN THEIR WOMBS AS THE MOM STILL FEEL THE PAIN OF LOSING THEIR SONS ANDORRA. THIS IS A PICTURE FROM A NEWSPAPER I KEPT FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS. 18'S CASUALTY LIST FIRST, FIRST TO DIE TO VIETNAM. THE LAST ARMY SPECIALIST FOURTH CLASS, ALEX, MY FRIEND, AND MY FELLOW CLASSMATE. DO NOT LET THEIR DEATHS BE MADE IN VAIN. A LOT OF OUR VETERANS ARE IN NEED OF JOBS, EDUCATION, A LOT OF VETERANS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE. IF WE HELP THE VETERANS GET THEIR HEALTH CARE, THEY WILL NOT TAX THE BUDGET. SO EVEN THE CLINICS HAVE DENIED SERVICES. SENATOR JAMES WEBB, SENATOR FROM VIRGINIA, GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, HE WILL BE IN AUSTIN. HE IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT ARE PUSHING THE EFFORTS FOR IMPROVING VETERANS ISSUES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS AMONG OTHERS AS WE SPEAK IN WASHINGTON. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE TODAY. VETERANS ASSISTANCE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THAT IS GOING TO PASS ALSO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS TO OBTAIN HOUSING VOUCHERS. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. AND I THINK CONGRESSMAN LLOYD DOGGETT, I UNDERSTAND HE MET WITH OTHER FELLOW VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS. GOOD WORK ON THAT. [ BUZZER SOUNDS ] CRIME IS ON THE INCREASE. HELP A.P.D. FIGHT CRIME. KIDS, STAY IN SCHOOL. GOD BLESS Y'ALL. HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU. CAROL ANNE ROSE KENNEDY, WELCOME. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, TO BE FOLLOWED BY JIMMY CASTRO, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DORIS WILLIAMS.

WELCOME BACK, COUNCIL. THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME. TODAY I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH Y'ALL. A CHICKEN BONE. THIS IS VERY UNREHEARSED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. AND I'D LIKE AN ANSWER, PLEASE. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE AIRPORT YESTERDAY RIGHT BEFORE NOON, 24 HOURS AGO, AND I WAS HEADING SOUTH ON I-35 FROM BEN WHITE, AND AT THE SLAUGHTER -- NO. I CAME McKINNEY FALLS WEST TO THE SERVICE ROAD OF 35 FROM WILLIAM CANNON TO SLAUGHTER. WHEN I TURNED ON TO THE SERVICE ROAD SOUTH, I WAS IN A CHEVY TANK. THERE WAS A FLATBED TRUCK THAT WAS OPEN AND THERE WAS CARGO ON IT, MAYBE THE SIZE AFTER PODIUM, WHITE STUFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS UP NEAR THE CAB. AND IT WAS WEAVING. HE WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME GOING LIKE 30 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS THREE TRUCK LENGTHS BEHIND HIM, AND HE WAS WEAVING THREE TIMES IN FRONT OF ME BEFORE WE GOT TO SLAUGHTER ON THE SERVICE ROAD. I PICKED UP MY PHONE, I CALLED 311 AND I SAID SOMEBODY COME CHECK THIS GUY OUT, PLEASE. WELL, THEY SAID -- I SAID THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT'S FIXING TO HAPPEN, COULD BE. SO THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO 911. SO I GOT ON THE PHONE WITH THEM. MEANTIME THEY'RE ASKING ME -- I GAVE THEM THE LOCATION, THE TIME. I GAVE THEM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUCK. IT HAD NO LICENSE PLATE. AND THEY KEPT ON INTERROGATING ME. MEANTIME HE'S FLYING DOWN I-35 GOING TO SAN ANTONIO OR MEXICO OR SOMEPLACE. SO I SAID LOOK, JUST LET ME GO. I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING. SO I TURNED ON SLAUGHTER, WENT HOME, AND I PULLED INTO WAL-MART THERE TO FINISH MY CONVERSATION. I DON'T LIKE TALKING ON MY CELL PHONE WHILE I'M DRIVING. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS IT. SO THIS MORNING AT 3:00 SOMETHING -- I'VE BEEN WORKING ALL NIGHT. I'M NOT ALL WITH IT RIGHT NOW, BUT AROUND 3:00 SOMETHING THIS MORNING, I CALLED 311 AND I ASKED THEM WHAT HAPPENED? DID Y'ALL INVESTIGATE IT, DID YOU FIND ANYTHING? ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY EFFORTS IN CALLING Y'ALL TO GET THESE PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD. THIS WAS LIKE BEFORE NOON ON A WEDNESDAY! IT'S NOT YOUR USUAL DRUNK DRIVING ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY P.M. OR A.M. TOO. SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS I CALLED THIS MORNING AROUND 3:00, I CALLED -- [ BUZZER SOUNDS ] AM I DONE YET?

Mayor Wynn: YOUR TIME IS UP, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE CONCLUDE.

I WILL. 3:00 THIS MORNING I CALLED 311 AND THE GUY -- I SAID I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, IF Y'ALL INVESTIGATED IT. HE PULLED UP THE REPORT AND SAID -- TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I ASKED FOR HIS SUPERVISOR, SO SHE GOT ON THE LINE AND SHE COULDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. SHE JUST THREW THE BOOK, THIS IS POLICY, THIS IS POLICY. AND I SAID WELL, HAVE YOUR SUPERVISOR CALL ME. SO HE CALL ME BACK THIS MORNING, I HAVEN'T PICKED UP MY MESSAGE, BUT I WANT AN ANSWER. WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE COPS. YOU KNOW, LET US HELP YOU. LET US CALL YOU! WE'RE SNIFFING THEM OUT FOR YOU, JUST GO CHECK THEM OUT! WE'RE HELPING -- YOU NEED US MORE THAN WE NEED YOU.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, MS. KENNEDY.

WILL SOMEBODY CALL ME, PLEASE? YOU'RE THE BOSS THAT'S -- THE BOSS THAT'S GOING TO CALL ME.

Mayor Wynn: WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHO HERE CAN RESPOND. IN FACT, I SEE AN OFFICER WITH HER HAND UP.

RESPOND NOW?

[INAUDIBLE - NO MIC].

THANK YOU.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JIMMY CASTRO. WELCOME. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DORIS WILLIAMS.

THANK YOU, WILL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WYNN, COUNCILMEMBERS, MR. OTT. MY NAME IS JIMMY CASTRO. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF. I ARE SOME SLIDES TO SHOW YOU THIS AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THIS YEAR'S CHILDREN'S MIRACLE ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT THE DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS FROM FRIDAY MAY 30TH TO SUNDAY JUNE THE FIRST. ALL MONEY RAISED FROM THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA DURING THE CELEBRATION WILL BE EARMARKED FOR THE DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS IS THE ONLY DEDICATED PEDIATRIC MEDICAL FACILITY SERVING A 46 COUNTY REGION OFFERING WORLD CLASS SPECIALTY CARE FOR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AUSTIN PEDIATRIC MEDICAL EDUCATION IS A RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT OFFERS A WELL ROUNDED BALANCED TRAINED EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COUNTRY'S FINEST MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES. THE PEDIATRICIANS OF TOMORROW, MEDICAL STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CARING FOR CHILDREN. SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS AT THE DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDE THE DELL CHILDREN'S CRANIAL FACIAL AND RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER. THE DELL CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY CARE CENTER. THE DELL CHILDREN'S ASTHMA PROGRAM. THE DELL JUVENILE DIABETES TEAM. THE TOPFER EMERGENCY CENTER. THE TOPFER EMERGENCY CENTER IS ONLY ONE OF FIVE PEDIATRIC CENTERS IN TEXAS AND THE ONLY ONE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS THE ONLY CREDIT KEG CARE FACILITY FOR CHILDREN IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE CHILDHOOD CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDER CENTER. THE DELL CHILDREN'S IS THE ONLY PROVIDER OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY SERVICES IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE SUPPORT FROM THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THE LEVEL 3 NEO NATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PROVIDES 24/7 COVERAGE BY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE CARE IN THE STATE FOR NEWBORNS AND INFANTS WITH MEDICAL OR SURGICAL PROBLEMS. THE DELL CHILDREN'S IMAGING CENTER CREATES SPACE FOR ON-SITE RADIOLOGY AND ON-SITE ULTRASOUND CAPABILITIES.

> THE DELL'S CHILDREN CENTER IS THE ONLY ONE IN CENTRAL TEXAS DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO CHILDREN. THE PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT TEAM IS AVAILABLE 24/7 TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. THE DELL CHILDREN'S REGIONAL HEART PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED HISTORY AND SERVICE TO PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE WORLD. FINALLY, WHAT REALLY MAKES THE DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS DIFFERENT IS PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO CAN LEAVE WORK EACH DAY KNOWING THEY HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A CHILD. THANK YOU, MAYOR WYNN.

Mayor Wynn: OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DORIS WILLIAMS. SHE WANTED TO ADDRESS US ON THE AUSTIN ENERGY BILLING CYCLE. FOLLOWED BY ZENOBIA JOSEPH. WELCOME. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTE TO BE FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER GALE. APPARENTLY NOT. WELCOME MS. JOSEPH. [ONE MOMENT, PLEASE, FOR CHANGE IN CAPTIONERS] .

I KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER. FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE NOT ALLOCATED FOR WRITING INSTRUCTION. SO I TURN TO YOU, MAYOR WYNN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE WRITE ON AUSTIN, A LIVING DOCUMENT ON LINE FOR CITIZENS TO PROVIDE THEIR STORIES. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK AT THE STORIES THAT I HAVE PROVIDED YOU IN THE PACKET WITH THE STUDENTS SAMPLES UP FRONT AND REALIZE THAT -- THAT IT'S NONSENSICAL, BUT IF YOU WILL NOTICE FROM YOUR PACKET, IT'S STATED FEBRUARY, 2008. AND THE TEST WAS IN MARCH. THE STUDENTS ARE UNABLE TO WRITE OFTENTIMES, I NOW WORK AS A CONSULTANT, AM CALLED OFTENTIMES AT THE 11th HOUR, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT OFF THE HAND THAT FEEDS ME, BUT MAYOR WYNN, COUNCILMEMBERS, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND PAYING ME FOR 180 HOURS OF SERVICE TIMES $50 AN HOUR, 30 DAYS BEFORE THE TEST, EQUALS $9,000 AND IT DOES NOT MAKE THE KIDS WRITE AND I TELL YOU WHY, IT IS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS THAT I SERVE HAVE A SOUL. AND THEY NEED TIME, THEY NEED TO BE TAUGHT. SO I'M ASKING YOU AS THE DOCUMENTS INDICATE TO HELP ME FIND FUNDING, $4,000, WHICH IS MINIMAL. THE COMPETITION BASICALLY CHARGES $400 FOR ONE STUDENT UP TO 15 STUDENTS, WHICH EQUALS $6,000 FOR A THREE HOUR SESSION FOR THREE WEEKS. BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, IT'S 60 STUDENTS, AND IT WOULD EQUATE TO APPROXIMATELY $24,000. AND SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I TRIED TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHEN I WAS MADE AWARE THAT FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. I STARTED THIS QUEST IN MARCH AND CONTINUED THROUGH MAY. I NEVER DID MEET WITH BARBARA JACKSON OFFICIALLY. BUT EVENTUALLY MADE MY WAY OVER TO THE OFFICE UNANNOUNCED AND I SPOKE TO HER. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE MONEYS DO EXIST, BUT SHE WAS UNWILLING TO SPONSOR A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE TO TAKE THE TESTS. SO I HAVE SINCE FOUND SOMEONE WHO WILL HELP ME I HAVE TURNED TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE. RATHER THAN SHARE WITH YOU THE VERBIAGE THAT YOU CAN READ IN FRONT OF YOU, I WILL DEFER A FEW MOMENTS OF MY TIME TO SOMEONE THAT I THINK HAS THE SAME VISION AND PASSAGE WITH ME, DEBORAH OR ORR.

YOU SPOKE FOR YOUR ENTIRE THREE MINUTES. MS. ORR IF YOU COULD TAKE A SHORT TIME.

OKAY. OKAY. I WILL BE REALLY BRIEF. MY PROGRAM IS OUTREACH PRODUCTIONS. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S SUPPORT IN THE CITY OVER THE YEARS. I TOO WENT THROUGH HOUSING, GOT THE RUN AROUND ABOUT THE FUNDING. I JUST WANT TO END THAT WE WILL BE AT THE TURNER ROBERTS REC CENTER THIS SUMMER TRYING TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY PROGRAM, A HIGH CRIME AREA, COLONY PARK, THOSE KIDS WILL BE COMING TO TURNER ROBERTS. IN ADDITION TO WHAT SHE SAID, I HAVE ONE REQUEST THAT YOU CAN HELP ME WITH. THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION THIS SUMMER THAT I KNOW OF TO GET THE KIDS TO THE TURNER ROBERTS. THE REC CENTER IS ON A BIG HILL. A REALLY DANGEROUS PATH WITHOUT A SCHOOL BUS FOR THE KIDS TO GET THERE. THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON NOW. WE HAVE A PROGRAM. SHE IS GOING TO DO CREATIVE WRITING WITH THE CHILDREN, I HAVE THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF READY TO GO. WE JUST NEED HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU MS. ORR, MS. JOSEPH.

MAYOR?

Martinez: MS. JOSEPH, COULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE. I WAS PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME THINGS IN THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN AREA AND I BELIEVE THAT I CAN PROVIDE SOME FUNDING.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, SIR. THANK YOU. JENNIFER GALE, WELCOME, YOU, TOO, WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES, TO BE FOLLOWED BY DOUG RILEY.

HI AUSTIN, CITY MANAGER MARC OTT OTT, NOT HERE, MAYOR WILL WYNN, COUNCILMEMBER LEFFINGWELL, COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ, COUNCILMEMBER KIM THERE ARE PLENTY OF LEADERS IN AUSTIN, YOU ARE THE ONE SPECIAL LEADER THAT ACTUALLY SPOKE OUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE TOLD NOT TO. I SAW YOU AT THE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FOR NORTHCROSS ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT LEADERSHIP THAT THEY LIED ABOUT. BETTER AUSTIN TODAY ALSO REPEATEDLY LIED TO THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN. DO NOT TRUST THESE GROUPS OR THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL -- AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. YOU WERE THE ONE COUNCILMEMBER THAT LISTENED. AND WAS DELIBERATE AND BASED YOUR DECISIONS ON MORAL AND ETHICAL AUSTIN VALUES. I'M SUPPORTING CID GALINDO FOR THESE SAME REASONS. JUNE 2nd TO JUNE 14th FOR EARLY VOTING, JUNE 2nd TO EARLY VOTING. STARTING JUNE 2nd. GET OUT THERE AND SHOW -- HAVE THE 91.5% OF OUR AUSTIN -- OF OUR PROGRESSIVE AUSTIN VOTERS GET OUT AND ACTUALLY VOTE TO SHOW YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AUSTIN, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU DO. ALL YOU NEED IS A STATE I.D. WHEN YOU VOTE. KEITH REEVES HAS ON OUR ELECTION WEBSITE ALL THE CANDIDATES. THE CAPITAL METRO ANTI-STRIKE RESOLUTION THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DUNKERLY AND COUNCILMEMBER MCCRACKEN. GOOD MORNING. NELSON LINDER REMIND US OF HOW DANGEROUS AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS ARE, CAROLYN ROSE KENNEDY SHOWS HOW INEFFECTIVE THEY ARE. I ASKED FOR A POLICE OFFICER LAST NIGHT AND THEY COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUGHT SOMEONE THAT I SAW ASSAULTED. I WANT TO THANK JACKIE GOODMAN FOR HER RELENTLESS LEADERSHIP AND FOR HER KINDNESS IN WILLING TO WORK WITH ME. I WANT TO THANK CHRISTINA CHAVEZ AND REAGAN HACK KELMAN OF NEWS 8 AUSTIN FOR SHOWING WHAT REAL NEWS COVERAGE IS ALL ABOUT. WE DON'T HAVE IT ON ANY OF THE OTHER TELEVISION STATIONS. AND AUSTIN'S TRULY AMERICAN LEADER JEFF WARD, 590, KLBJ. TODAY -- TODAY WE SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR MEMORIAL DAY. MEMORIAL DAY IS WHEN YOU GET UP I RECALL IN THE MORNING AT DAWN AND HANG YOUR FLAG UP UNTIL NOON TO SHOW RESPECT, TO HONOR, TO HONOR THE VERY PEOPLE YOU AND I WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN. NOT THE ONES THAT ARE INJURED BUT THE ONES THAT ARE DEAD. THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS THAT WENT OFF TO WAR THAT WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN. NOT THE CASUALTIES OF WAR, BUT THE ACTUAL DEAD. YOU CAN SEE THIS ON A WEBSITE USMEMORIALDAY.ORG. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE THAT DIED FOR US. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT JOINED THE ARMY, MARINE CORPS, NATIONAL GUARD AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO STOOD IN DEFINES OF TYRANNY, GAVE US THE LIBERTY THAT WE NEED FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT. [BEEPING] TO THE -- TO THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF GRADUATING THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR UNIVERSITIES, AFTER A LONG VACATION, I WANT YOU TO GET BACK IN SCHOOL SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS. THANK YOU.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, MS. GALE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUG RILEY. DOUG RILEY WISHED TO ADDRESS US AS DID ROBERT THOMAS. WELCOME BACK, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO BE FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH COLVIN. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR WYNN. MAYOR PRO TEM DUNKERLY AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M INDEED HONORED TO SPEAK WITH YOU ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DANIEL PLANTE, ROSEWOOD PARK AND RECREATION CENTER. FOR MANY YEARS I WAS IN THE LABOR OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, TEXAS AFL-CIO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL AND FOR MANY YEARS I PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, WORLD FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND AMERICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. I [INDISCERNIBLE] TIME TO SPEND FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, WE ARE GROWING INTO AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE THAT HAS PARKLAND IN SURROUNDING AREAS. I FELT IT WAS ONLY PRACTICAL THAT I GOT LABOR LEADERS AND PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE WHAT WE WANTED TO [INDISCERNIBLE] DURING THIS CURRENT PERIOD. AT ROSEWOOD THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIALISM, BUT WHAT I WAS ENCOUNTERED WITHIN THE SPAN OF ABOUT THREE YEARS ON NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS IS UNFAIR. NOW, THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PROMISED TO GIVE ME THE PROGRAM SUPERVISION POSITION ON BEHALF OF WHAT WE HAD DONE WITHIN [INDISCERNIBLE] EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPING ORGANIZED LABOR. WITHIN THAT PARTICULARLY EPOCH OF TIME THAT WE HAVE LOOKED INTO A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BONDING THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO, IS THAT WE HAD BEEN PUSHED AWAY FROM AND DISSOLUTION OF THAT PARTICULAR DEMAND IS BROUGHT ON BY A LOT OF DISSENT. WITHIN OUR LEAGUE BECAUSE I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE AT THE MILLENNIUM YOUTH ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WILL HELP OUR OLD CLASSMATES, FOR OUR REUNION THIS SUMMER. BUT IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR OUR POSITION AND MY POSITION AS ATHLETE. I NEED THE POSITION AT ROSEWOOD TO SHOW YOU HOW EFFECTIVE WE ARE DOING WITHIN OUR [INDISCERNIBLE] SPORTS PROGRAMMING. WE NEED TO LOOK INTO A NEW ERA OF RECREATION ADMINISTRATION AT ROSEWOOD THAT WILL BRING ON THE PRACTICALITY, LIKE I SAID, OF WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US. THE KIDS NEED A NEW QUALITY OF LIFE. THEY CAME TO US AND SPOKE TO US IN THE AREAS OF WHY THEY WERE FRIGHTENED AND AFRAID OF GANG ACTIVITIES. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE KIDS, IT'S THE MANAGEMENT UP THERE THAT'S BEEN SO LONG, IT'S SUBPAR. MISMANAGEMENT. NOT QUALIFYIED. [INDISCERNIBLE] DISSOLVED FROM ALL OF THEIR PARTNERSHIPS AND BRINGING OUR [INDISCERNIBLE] IN TO SHOW HOW EFFECTIVE WE CAN DO. I HAVE GOT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH STEWART STRONG OF THE PARKLAND AND THEN FROM THERE I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING FORTH AN ERA, I SPOKE TO [INDISCERNIBLE] AND HE SO STATED THAT HE WON'T RETURN MY CALLS, BUT I THINK STRONGLY MAKE A PRETTY PRODUCTIVE ARRANGEMENT WITH US [BEEPING] AND I WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS, I'M SURE MR. STRONGLY LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH COLVIN.

I'M ELIZABETH COLVIN WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES. FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES OPERATES A COMMUNITY TAX CENTER PROGRAM. WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE 2008 TAX SEASON AND I HAVE SOME EXCITING RESULTS TO REPORT. IN 12 WEEKS, OVER 450 VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 17,000 TAX RETURNS AND BROUGHT IN 21 MILLION-DOLLAR FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES HERE IN AUSTIN. THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION OF $100,000 TO US FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS REALLY HAS A MEASURABLE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES HERE IN AUSTIN. FOR 21 -- WITH $21 MILLION COMING INTO THE ECONOMY, OVER 8 MILLION IN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITS THAT THESE FAMILIES WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED OTHERWISE, WERE ABLE TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT -- WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE BASIC NEEDS ORGANIZATIONS AND JUST THE INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES HERE IN AUSTIN. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU IN FUTURE YEARS. THANK YOU.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU, MS. COLVIN. IF YOU DO THE QUICK MATH, COUNCIL, THAT'S OVER -- WELL OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER RETURN. SO THESE ARE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO FOR DIFFERENT REASONS PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO APPROPRIATELY SEEK THOSE REFUNDS AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THOSE POCKETS IS -- MEANS A LOT. SO THANK YOU TO FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES FOR THAT GREAT WORK THESE YEARS. SO, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR GENERAL CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HAS DOUG RILEY OR DORIS WILLIAMS MADE IT INTO THE CHAMBERS? IF NOT, COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR GENERAL CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. WE ARE A FEW MINUTES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WE NOW WILL GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AND TAKE UP TWO POTENTIAL ITEMS, EITHER LEGAL OR REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND/OR THE AUSTIN ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SITES WE GET TO DO THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OR 072 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THESE DISCUSSION WILL TAKE. MY INSTINCT IS 30, 45 MINUTES, HOPEFULLY NOT MUCH LONGER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SCHEDULED TO START OUR PRESENTATIONS FROM THE FIVE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS REGARDING GREEN AND AECC SHORTLY AFTER 1:00 AS POSSIBLE. SO WE ARE -- WITHOUT OBJECTION WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION. I ANTICIPATE US COMING BACK AS SHORTLY AFTER 1:00 AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR WYNN: WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE TOOK UP ITEM NO. 35, DISCUSSING REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE AND AUSTIN ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SITE. WE DID NOT AND WILL NOT TAKE UP ITEM 36, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THOSE TWO PROPERTIES. THAT HAS NOW ENDED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA OF THE -- FOR THE DAY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NO. 40, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION -- POTENTIAL DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL SALE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TWO SITES, THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE AND THE AUSTIN ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SITES. WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED HERE ARE THE PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR FIVE QUALIFIED PROPOSING TEAMS. I'LL JUST HELP YOU SORT OF PLAN YOUR AFTERNOON. WE HAVE -- WE ARE TELLING EACH OF THE TEAMS TO LIMIT THEIR PRESENTATIONS TO 30 MINUTES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM SEQUENTIALLY WITHOUT QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN EACH PRESENTATION, SO IN ROUND NUMBERS THOSE FIVE PRESENTATIONS WILL TAKE A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF HOURS BY THE TIME FOLKS TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES BETWEEN TO TRANSITION AND MAKE SURE THEIR AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS ARE UP AND RUNNING, AND SO THAT WILL LEAVE US JUST A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO OUR 5:30 BREAK FOR LIVE MUSIC AND PROCLAMATIONS BUT HOPEFULLY ENOUGH TIME FOR COUNCIL TO TEE UP SOME QUESTIONS. HERE IN A FEW MINUTES SUE OR RODNEY WILL PROBABLY GIVE US SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE WILL NOW DO WITH THESE PRESENTATIONS, HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT THEM AND WHAT WE HEAR TODAY. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ACTING CITY MANAGER, SUE EDWARDS. WELCOME, SUE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR, PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER, ACTING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SUE EDWARDS, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS BY INTRODUCING ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SERVICES OFFICE, RODNEY GONZALES, WHO IS GOING TO BRING TO YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH FOR THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPOSALS AND CONTINUE ON WITH THAT PROCESS. RODNEY?

THANK YOU, MS. EDWARDS. THANK YOU, MR. GONZALES.

THANK YOU, SUE. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER, I'M RODNEY GONZALES, ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE. IN JUST A SHORT WHILE YOU WILL HEAR FIVE PRESENTATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO REDEVELOP THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND AUSTIN ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SITES LOCATED IN THE SEAHOLM EAST REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS REPRESENT JUST ONE OF A SERIES OF MANY EVENTS THAT MAKE UP THE PROCESS TO REDEVELOP THESE TWO DOWNTOWN SITES. THE PLAN TO REDEVELOP THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE ENERGY CONTROL CENTER DATES BACK THREE YEARS. IN AUGUST 2005 THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION THAT DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO CREATE A TIMELINE FOR THE DECOMMISSIONING AND DECONSTRUCTION OF THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND TO INITIATE THE PROCESS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSION OF NUECES STREET TO CESAR CHAVEZ STREET AND THE EXTENSION OF 2ND STREET TO NUECES STREET. IN OCTOBER 2005 THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO RELOCATE THE AUSTIN ENERGY CONTROL CENTER, TO REDUCE THE SURFACE AREA OF THE SEAHOLM SUBSTATION, TO INTEGRATE THE SELLING AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THESE TWO SITES WITH THE CITY STRATEGY FOR REDEVELOPING THE SEAHOLM POWER PLANT AND THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE, AND TO EXTEND 2ND STREET WEST TO SEAHOLM. IN OCTOBER 2006 CITY STAFF PRESENTED AN UPDATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. AT THAT TIME STAFF PRESENTED A TIMETABLE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. FOLLOWING THIS MEETING CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO USE THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT. IN MAY 2007 CITY STAFF PRESENTED AN UPDATE TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. AT THIS BRIEFING CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED GOALS FOR KEY ELEMENTS IN THE RFP. IN DECEMBER 2007 THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT DIRECTED STAFF TO INITIATE ZONING THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE AND ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SITE TO CDD CURE, WHILE ENSURING COMPLIANCE THAT THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY AND CAPITAL VIEW CORRIDORS WOULD BE MET AND ELIMINATING ANY FLOOR TO AREA RATIO RESTRICTIONS. IN 2007 CITY STAFF PREAND TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND DOWNTOWN COMMISSION A DRAFT OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S GUIDING VISION AND POLICY PRINCIPLES FOR REDEVELOPING THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ENERGY CONTROL CENTER. ALSO, IN 2008 THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHED THE GUIDING VISION AND POLICY PRINCIPLES. A COUPLE OF KEY ELEMENTS OF THAT RESOLUTION INCLUDE DESIGNATING THE AUSTIN ENERGY SOUTH SUBSTATION AS THE LOCATION FOR THE NEW CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF AN RFP. ESTABLISHING THAT 40% OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAXES RESULTING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GO TO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND REQUIRING THAT RFP RESPONSES WHICH CONTAINED RENTAL HOUSING BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 10% OF THE UNITS TO INDIVIDUALS AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND ANY PROPOSALS THAT INCLUDE A HOUSING COMPONENT, SHALL INCLUDE AN OPTION FOR THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR ADDITIONAL UNITS. BRINGING US TO RECENT EVENTS, THE RFP WAS ISSUED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. FIVE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED ON APRIL 30 FROM THE FOLLOWING FIRMS. CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT GROUP, FOREST CITY RESIDENTIAL GROUP, SIV URBAN 2 INC., STRATUS PROPERTIES, INC., AND TRAMMELL CROW AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT INC. CITY STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS TO DETERMINE WHETHER MANDATORY ELEMENTS REQUESTED IN THE CITY'S RFP HAVE BEEN MET. EACH OF THE FIVE PROPOSALS MEET THE MANDATORY CRITERIA. TODAY THE FIVE FIRMS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO MAKE A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THEIR PROPOSAL. REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH FIRM THROUGH LOTS TO DETERMINE THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION. THE ORDER WILL BE SIV INC., TRAMMELL CROW, CATELLUS, FOREST CITY AND STRATUS. EACH FIRM HAS BEEN INVITED TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THEIR CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS IN CITY HALL. THESE DISPLACE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE YOU IN CITY HALL MON THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. ADDITIONAL CITY STAFF WILL INITIATE A PROCESS TO ELECT PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSALS. THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH MAY 30. STAFF WILL COMPILE THOSE COMMENTS AND TRANSMIT THEM TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 2. MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER, THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEF INTRODUCTION. THANK YOU.

MAYOR WYNN: THANK YOU, MR. GONZALES. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, COUNCIL? COMMENTS? THEN IF NOT, STARTING RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR WE'LL TAKE THESE FIVE PRESENTATIONS BACK-TO-BACK, AND WE'RE STARTING WITH SIV URBAN II INC. AND WE'LL SET THE CLOCK FOR 30 MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JUAN COTERA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE SIMMONS VEDDER COTERA TEAM, AND SIMMONS VEDDER WILL BE REPRESENTED BY JOHN McCERNY AND THE OTHER WILL BE REPRESENTED BY OUR PARTNER, PHIL REED, WHO WILL SERVE AS THE PROJECT PRINCIPAL ON THIS PROJECT. IN THIS TEAM, I -- WE SEE YOU HAVE THE MOST QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTIN TEAM YOU COULD ASK FOR. IT'S ALSO A TEAM THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AUSTIN ISSUES, SUCH AS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE AUSTIN -- THE FINAL PRODUCT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PHIL.

MAYOR WYNN: THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE ARE BOTH EXCITED AND HONORED TO PRESENT OUR TEAM AS A CANDIDATE TO DEVELOP THIS TREMENDOUS PIECE OF PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. I'M JOHN McCERN I, LEAD OF OUR PROJECT TEAM. LET ME FIRST SAY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOLT CITY AND -- FOR THE CITY AND FOR OUR FIRM. MANY EYES WILL BE ON THIS PROCESS AND THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK AFTER OUR PRESENTATION TODAY YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR TEAM BEST PROVIDES THE EXPERIENCE, CAPABILITIES AND FLEXIBILITY NEEDED TO DEVELOP THIS SPECTACULAR PIECE OF OUR DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE. THE ONLY PRIVATELY OWNED AUSTIN-BASED FIRM TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, THIS PROJECT WILL BE A VERY PERSONAL EFFORT FOR OUR FIRM. I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED HERE IN AUSTIN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE SKILL SETS, CAPABILITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS WE HAVE DEVELOPED THAT WILL BE SO IMPORTANT IN OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT IN THE COMING YEARS. LET ME POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THESE PROJECTS. IN 2002 AT THE TRIANGLE, AFTER MANY YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND TALK, WE TOOK OVER THIS PROJECT FROM A LARGE PUBLIC COMPANY AND AT A TIME WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS AT ITS NADER, WORKED WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOODS, THE CITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TOOK AN UNDERUSED PIECE OF PROPERTY AND BUILT WHAT HAS COME TO BE A VERY WELCOME MIXED USE ADDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTIN. SOON AFTERWARDS AS A PROPERTY OWNER IN WEST CAMPUS WE BECAME THE LEADING CATALYST IN THE EFFORT THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS UNO, OR UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY. THIS BEGAN BY INVOLVING OURSELVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS WITH MARK WALTERS AND HIS TEAM AT THE CITY, AND THE STAFF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE THEN HELPED WORK THROUGH A MULTITUDE OF ISSUES WITH THE SEVEN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA, THE STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND OTHERS, SOME OF WHICH WERE ACTUALLY HOSTILE AT THE TIME, AND TO -- TO FINALIZE THAT PLAN. WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED EFFORTS WITH COTERA REED AT THE TIME TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING GUIDELINES FOR THE AREA AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS CREATED WHAT HAS TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT OF A DENSE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN. OUR INVESTMENT WITHIN UNO HAS NOW GROWN TO OVER 200 MILLION. IT IS ONE THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF. I POINT OUT THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE PROCESS OF GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PROCESSES WE UNDERTOOK AT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. THE PUBLIC INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT BY OUR CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT I BELIEVE ONE ARCHITECT PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS TERMINAL DEMOCRACY, SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND ARE QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH. IN FACT, MANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WE WOULD BE RECEIVING INPUT FROM ON THIS PROJECT ARE VERY FAMILIAR TO US AND I THINK TRUSTING OF BOTH MYSELF AND OUR FIRM. ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE FLEXIBILITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE FIRM YOU CHOOSE TO DIRECT THIS IMPORTANT UNDERTAKING. AS YOU KNOW, RARELY HAS ONE OF THESE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS YOU'VE UNDER TAKEN IN THE RECENT PAST, THE CONVENTION CENTER, SEA HOLM AND BLOCK 21, WITHOUT FINANCIAL CHANGES OR INVOLVEMENT BY THE CITY OR THE MAKEUP OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT. GIVEN THE TIME FRAMES INVOLVED ON THIS PROJECT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE AND ASSUMPTIONS AND COMMITMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE BUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE DEVELOPER CHOSEN TO PURSUE THE SHARED VISION WE CREATE HERE WILL BE OF ULTIMATE IMPORTANCE. THIS PROJECT MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER, COMMERCIAL PROJECT IN THE CITY, WILL BE A CENTERPIECE OF OUR URBAN FABRIC FOR MANY YEARS TO COME AND AS SUCH DESERVES A A DEVELOPER THAT CARES AS MUCH AS ANY AUSTINITE ABOUT THE END RESULT. WITH THAT LET ME QUICKLY POINT OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO PHIL REED AT THIS TIME TO DISCUSS THE DESIGN ASPECTS OF OUR PROJECT. WE HAVE PROPOSED A PROJECT THAT WILL ENTAIL APPROXIMATELY 2.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF IMPROVEMENTS WITH A FAIRLY EQUAL MIX OF OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL SPACE ALONG WITH 3500 FEET OF RETAIL. WE HAVE BEEN RESPECTFUL OF TOWN LAKE BY STEPPING THE HEIGHTS OF OUR BUILDINGS AWAY FROM THE WATERFRONT. WE HAVE IN SMALLER BUILDINGS BORDERING SHOAL CREEK SAID ASIDE THE MEZZANINE FLOORS FROM APPROXIMATELY 35,000 FEET THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO NONPROFIT USERS, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE INCREASING DIFFICULTY FINDING SPACE TO OPERATE IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. WE HAVE PROPOSED AN UNDERGROUND GARAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 SPACES THAT WILL SERVE THE GREEN WATER SITE AND PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL PARKING FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND OTHER SURROUNDING USES. WE HAVE ALSO PROPOSED TAKING THE 18 MILLION OF PROPOSED REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE TWO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE RFP, AND USING THAT PLUS ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AT OUR COST TO PROVIDE THE NEW BRIDGE AT 3RD STREET AND NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES IN TWO KEY LOCATIONS OVER SHOAL CREEK SO THAT WE CAN FULLY CONNECT THE SITE TO THE NEIGHBORING SITES AND PUBLIC AMENITIES IN THE AREA. WE HAVE ALSO ASKED THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO USE THE OUTDOOR AREA ALONG THE CREEK AS AN ART-ORIENTED PUBLIC SPACE OR ART PARK. AND WITH REGARDS TO SUSTAINABILITY WE HAVE AGREED TO CHIEF LEE GOLD ON ALL VERTICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SILVER FOR THE ENTIRE SITE. AND FINALLY AS PART OF THE LEAD ND SILVER OBLIGATION WE HAVE COMMIT TO DO PURSUE THE POINT REQUIRING PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT PROVIDING 15% OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT 50% OF MEDIAN INCOME OR 30% OF THE UNITS AT 80% OF MEDIUM INCOME FOR 15 YEARS. WE HOPE YOU FIND OUR PROPOSAL FAR-REACHING IN ITS ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE THE BEST OVERALL PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND HOPE YOU GIVE US GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. LET ME HAND IT TO PHIL.

MAYOR WYNN: WELCOME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PHILIP REED AND I WILL PROBABLY REPEAT A LOT OF WHAT JOHN JUST SAID BUT HOPEFULLY WITH SOME VISUALS ADDED TO THAT. JUAN COTERA AND I HAVE A FIRM THAT WILL BE THE DESIGN ARCHITECT. WE ARE A LOCAL FIRM, AN MBU, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PUBLIC WORK IN BUILDING DESIGN AND MASTER PLANNING IN AUSTIN. AND AS JOHN MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF THE REAL PUBLIC INPUT PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN WILL START WHEN THE TEAM HAS BEEN SELECTED, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY RUN THROUGH SOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON IN AUSTIN WHERE CONSENSUS BUILDING AND NEIGHBORHOOD AGREEMENT WAS A VERY BIG PART OF THEM, ONE YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE. JUAN AND I EACH SERVED ON THE DESIGN COMMISSION FOR TEN YEARS, PART OF A COMMISSION THAT DEVELOPED THE ORIGINAL DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES IN 1999. THESE WERE REVISED IN 2008 AS THE URBAN DISBIEN GUIDELINES THAT BECAME PART OF THIS RFP. AS AN OUTGROWTH, AS JOHN MENTIONED, WE WERE HIRED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD SORKS IN WEST CAMPUS THAT DEVELOP THE UNO OVERLAY IN AN EFFORT THAT LASTED A NUMBER OF YEARS. NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPERS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE WROTE MUCH OF THE ORDINANCE INCLUDING THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GUIDELINES. WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND WITH AND TONY PREDOT TO DEVELOP THE NEW AUSTIN CITY HALL, WHICH IS POSSIBLY THE MOST EXTENSIVE PUBLIC AND -- OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT WAS EVER PERFORMED IN AUSTIN. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS A WEB SITE WAS DEVELOPED. WE HAD A STOREFRONT DOWNTOWN WHERE CITIZENS COULD COME IN AND EXPRESS THEIR OPINION. THESE COMMENTS AND OPINIONS WERE ALL GATHERED INTO A LARGE MATRIX AND RESPONDED TO, EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND ULTIMATELY THE BUILDING DESIGN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER, WE FEEL. ALSO WORKING IN CITY HALL ALSO GAVE US TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN THE SAME PART OF TOWN AS GREEN, PUTTING IN A PARKING GARAGE BELOW THE LEVEL OF LEAB BIRD LAKE AND WORKING IN THE DISTRICT COOLING PLANT ON SOIL CONDITIONS. WE HAVE SEVERAL LEAD ACCREDITED ARCHITECTS ON STAFF AND ARE ABLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF CITY STAFF TO ACHIEVE A LEAD GOLD RATING ON THE CITY HALL. WE RECENTLY DEVELOPED THE HEADQUARTERS FOR SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAM, A NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH KIDS AT RISK ON A 7 7-ACRE SITE IN EAST AUSTIN NEAR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE PARTICIPATED IN THE JOHNSON GOVALLE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS ON BEHALF OF SOUTHWEST KEY, BUT DEVELOPED FROM THAT WAS SMOOTH INTEGRATION OF CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS INTO A SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD. TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE ASKED BY THE CITY AUSTIN WATER UTILITY TO HELP REDESIGN A WATER TOWER PLANT FOR 51ST STREET AS PART OF THIS CITY RECLAIMED WATER INITIATIVE. AFTER A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OBJECTED TO THE STANDARD TOWER, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE DEVELOPED TWO DESIGNS THAT WERE ACCEPTED BY BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE WATER UTILITY. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND TXDOT AND A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO REDEVELOP THE AREA UNDER I-35 AT 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH STREET AND SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A DESIGN THAT REFLECTS THE CONCERNS OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE WORKING IN WEST CAMPUS WITH COLLEGE HOUSES CO-OP, A STUDENT OWNED HOUSING COOPERATIVE ON A NEW 7 STORY STUDENT CO-OP THAT WILL HAVE 160 BEDS, EACH OF WHICH WILL RENT FOR $750 A MONTH, WHICH INCLUDES FOOD. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN WEST CAMPUS AS A RESULT OF THE UNO OVERLAY. WE'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN A LONG TIME AND WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE URBAN CONTEXT AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S AND THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ISSUES THAT FACE LARGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HERE. WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE CREATION OF A DENSE URBAN CORE IS CRITICAL TO DOWNTOWN'SDOWNTOWN'S FUTURE. FUTURE. I DON'T BELIEVE A CITY MUST ALWAYS MAKE A CHOSE BETWEEN DENSITY AND HUMAN SCALE. I THINK HUMAN SCALE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO ANY PROJECT. WHILE WE SEE TO BE ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS THAT HAVE ONE OF THE LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGES WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SQUARE FEET WE HAVE AND THE GROUPING OF THE AREAS. AS JOHN SAID WE PUSHED THE TALLER BUILDINGS UP TO THE NORTH END OF THE SITE AND AWAY FROM LADY BIRD LAKE AND AWAY FROM THE CREEK. AND WE'VE ALSO -- I'LL TRY TO GET MY CURSOR UP HERE. WE'VE ALSO PLANNED TO SPLIT THE SOUTH BLOCKS IN HALF APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE ALLEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT HAD ONE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SCALE OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT. FOR ALL THE TEAMS, THE FINAL MIX OF USES AND TENANTS WILL PROBABLY BE DEVELOPED AFTER DILIGENT MORE NEGOTIATION NEGOTIATIONS WITH CITY STAFF. WE REALIZE THAT. SO WE TRY TO DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND LEAVE THE BUILDING DESIGNS SOMEWHAT UNDEVELOPED. IF EVER THERE WAS A PROJECT WHERE THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS MATTERED IT WOULD BE THIS ONE. THE CREEK IS A WONDERFUL ASSET IN THE DISTRICT THAT MAKES IT QUITE UNIQUE. UNLESS IT IS BRIDGED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IT WILL INTERRUPT THE TISSUE OF THE CITY THAT WILL LEAVE SEAHOLM AND THE LIBRARY AND THE NEW METRO STOP ON THAT SITE ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF DOWNTOWN. IN FACT, THE SUCCESS OF THE LIBRARY COULD HINGE ON WHAT IS DONE AT GREEN TO CONNECT THAT SITE TO THE REST OF THE CITY. WE'VE BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION, WHICH WE LIKE, AND WE'VE ALSO, AS JOHN MENTIONED, COMMITTED THE TEAM TO TWO LEAD GOALS, LEAD SILVER AND D, A NEW CATEGORY ADDRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LEAD GOLD FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS. IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND URBAN DESIGN, OUR HOPE IS REALLY THAT THE CITY WOULD USE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF GREEN TO CREATE A MODEL FOR THE WAY WE SHOULD BE BUILDING NOW AND UNDOUBTEDLY WILL HAVE TO BE BUILDING IN 20 YEARS. WE THINK WE CAN ALSO MAKE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WORKS FUNCTIONALLY. WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS A TRULY MIXED USE LIVE WORK COMMUNITY THAT WILL SUPPORT MASS TRANSIT AND CULTURAL USES AROUND IT. IT HAS 2.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF BUILDING. THE PARKING IS AT FOUR LEVELS BELOW THE GREEN SITE AND 3 BEFORE THE AUSTIN ENERGY SITE. RETAIL, MUNICIPAL USES, NON-PROFITS, OFFICE SPACE AND RESIDENTIAL. IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE AREA MORE A 24-HOUR COMMUNITY WE'VE INCLUDED A LARGE AMOUNT OF OFFICE SPACE IN THE PROPOSAL. WE INTEND TO ATTRACT AS DI VERSA GROUP OF TENANTS AS POSSIBLE AND ENCOURAGE AS MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES TO MOVE INTO OR TO EXPAND INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING, JUAN AND I HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT AFFAIRS R AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS MEMBERS OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT. IT IS OUR HOPE THAT WHATEVER THE FINAL DESIGN, THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WOULD BE MADE AFFORDABLE THROUGH THEIR OWNERSHIP OR LEASING STRUCTURE AND NOT ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE COST AND QUALITY OF THE UNITS SO LOW THAT THEY'LL WORK IN THE MARKET. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MORE ABOUT JUST HOUSING -- MORE THAN ABOUT JUST HOUSING PEOPLE. IT'S ABOUT HUMAN RELATIONS, AND BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHING A MIXED SOCIETY HELPS ESTABLISH PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE GOOD FOR EVERYONE. CONSEQUENTLY, WE WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS BE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND NOT ISOLATED IN AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING BLOCK. PART OF THE GOAL OF KNITTING THE CITY BACK OVER SHOAL CREEK WOULD BE TO HOOK UP ALL THE CULTURAL USES IN THE DISTRICT AND REALLY TRY TO EMPHASIZE THE INTERRELATEDNESS OF THEM ALL. HISTORICALLY THIS AREA HAS ALWAYS BEEN FRACTURED AND DISCONTINUOUS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL GREEN PLANT BLOCKED THE STREETS GOING THROUGH IT BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE CREEK RESISTED ACCESS ACROSS IT, WE'RE SUCKING A SERIES OF NEW BRIDGES, THE FIRST ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE BEING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WOULD CONNECT A NEW PLAZA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AUSTIN ENERGY RESIDENTIAL TOWER TO 4TH STREET RIGHT ABOUT WHERE LA ZONA ROSA IS. IN ADDITION TO THAT A VEHICULAR BRIDGE ACROSS THIRD STREET, THE REQUIRED BRIDGE ACROSS SECOND STREET, NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AT OUR ALLEY CONNECTION OVER TO THE LIBRARY, AND ONE FROM OUR ART PARK DOWN TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IN THE CREEK. AGAIN, I THINK WE JUST ALL NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DESIGN SHOULD BE SEEN AS SILHOUETTES, BUT WE HAVE GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO WHAT THE BUILDINGS AT GREEN SHOULD DO TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC SPACE AROUND THEM. AUSTIN HAS RELATIVELY SMALL BLOCKS, AND CONSEQUENTLY IT'S EASY TO CREATE A CANYON EFFECT WHEN A LARGE BUILDING IS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY -- THEM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. ONE THING WE HAVE PROPOSED WHICH WE THINK WILL HELP THE EXPERIENCE, FROM THE SIDEWALK IS TO RECESS MOST OF THE GROUND LEVELS, WHICH YOU CAN SORT OF SEE IN THESE IMAGES, CREATING PROTECTION FOR THE PEDESTRIAN, BUT ALSO WIDENING THE PUBLIC REALM AT THE GROUND LEVEL. WE PROPOSE HOLDING THE PROPERTY LINES ON THE OFFICE LEVELS, THESE TWO LEVELS ABOVE IT, AT THE PROPERTY LINE TO REFERENCE THE ORIGINAL WALLER GRID AND THEN RECESSING THE BUILDING TOWER AND, IN FACT, CAN'TING THE SIDES OF THE TOWER A LITTLE BIT TO REDUCE THE CANYON EFFECT. THIS ACTUALLY DOVETAILS WELL WITH OUR INTENTION TO PROVIDE A LOT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER FROM THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES. OUR INTENTION IS TO -- WORKING WITH THE LOCAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPER HELIO VOLTS, TO CLAD THE BUILDINGS BUILDINGS, AT LEAST 50% OF THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM, THE ROOFS AS WELL. TURNING THE BUILDINGS ESSENTIALLY INTO POWER PLANTS. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE AREA WEST OF OUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BE DEVELOPED INTO A PUBLIC PARK. WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS AN ART PARK SIMILAR TO THE WATERFRONT PARK IN SEATTLE. THIS COULD BECOME AN IMPORTANT ACTIVITY LINK BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE CREEK AND A COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE NEW LIBRARY. OUR LARGEST BUILDING IS A RESIDENTIAL TOWER AT THE NORTH AUSTIN ENERGY SITE. IT'S STILL A MIXED USE BUILDING WITH SIGNIFICANT RETAIL. THERE'S A NEW BRIDGE, AS I POINTED OUT, AT LA ZONA ROSA, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN CONCERNED, AS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL, WITH THE IMPACT THAT THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION IS STILL GOING TO HAVE IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE STREET AND THE GENERAL WELL-BEING OF THE AREA. SO WE HAVE COME UP WITH A SERIOUS OF PROPOSALS FOR WRAPPING IT IN FUNCTIONAL SPACE THAT MIGHT BE AN OUTDOOR FARMERS MARKET, IT MIGHT BE ENCLOSED AND BE SPACE THAT LOCAL ARTISTS COULD ESSENTIALLY CHECK OUT. IT MIGHT BE SPACE THAT IS EXHIBIT SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIBRARY IN SOME WAY. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE GESTURE OF SURROUNDING ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS. WE'RE GOING TO FLY UP AND LOOK AT THE PROJECT FROM THE NORTH AND LOOKING DOWN NUECES STREET. THE RESIDENTIAL TOWERS ARE ON THE RIGHT AND THE OFFICE IS ON THE LEFT. THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO SEE THE WAY WE'RE PROPOSING TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE BY WIDENING THE PUBLIC SPACE AT THE GROUND LEVEL, PUSHING THE COMMERCIAL BASE TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WALLER GRID AND TAPERING THE BUILDINGS WOULD HELP ALLOW LIGHT TO THE GROUND AND VIEWS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, PROPOSED THAT THE SOUTH BLOCKS WOULD BE CUT IN HALF ALONG WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SPOT FOR THE ALLEY. OUR INTENTION WITH THIS IS TO MAKE A CONNECTION -- A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PARKING THAT WILL BE UNDER THE GREEN SITE AND THE NEW LIBRARY, AND ALLOW A NEW PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PARKING AND THE LIBRARY. I'M GOING TO FLY INTO IT. OUR HOPE IS ALSO THAT WE COULD GATHER UP ALL OF THE -- MANY OF THE PRIMARY ENTRANCES INTO THE UNDERGROUND PARKING, CREATE SOME WIDE OPENINGS THAT WOULD ALLOW SUN SUNLIGHT INTO THEM, DIRECT MOST OF THE PUBLIC COMING OUT OF THE PARKING TO THESE SPOTS AND ACTUALLY CREATE ENOUGH ENERGY THAT WE COULD HAVE A SMALL-SCALE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING COULD TAKE ANY NUMBER OF FORMS. IT MIGHT BE THE BACKS OF A LARGER RETAIL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S FRONTING ONE OF THE OTHER STREETS. THERE MIGHT BE SMALL SHOPS, MIGHT BE THE ENTRANCES INTO A MOVIE THEATER. WE'RE CALLING THIS THE PASSAGE. AS I MENTIONED, COTERA REED HAS SEVERAL ACCREDITED LEAD ARCHITECTS ON STAFF AND IS CONNECTED WITH SUSTAINABILITY IN GENERAL. WE HAVE EXPERTISE IN SUSTAINABILITY BEYOND LEAD AND AS PART OF AISD'S SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING TEAM ON THE LAST BOND PROGRAM WE REVIEWED PROJECTS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM. WE ALSO PERFORMED DAYLIGHT ANALYSIS ON THE CLASSROOMS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ENERGY COSTS BY USING DAYLIGHT IN THE CLASSROOMS INSTEAD OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, THUS REDUCING ENERGY. ON THE TEAM WE ALSO HAVE MICHELLE VAN HEFTY OF MOJ ARC DESIGN, AND ENERGY ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, WHO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF PRACTICE IN AUSTIN AND MANY LEAD ACCREDITED PROFESSIONALS. OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROPOSAL WILL BE IN TWO PARTS, THE GREATERGREATER NBD AND THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS, AS JOHN MENTIONED. WE INTEND TO ACHIEVE A LEAD SILVER ND RATING ON THE ENTIRE -- ON THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A NEW CATEGORY OF LEAD RATING, WHICH SUPPORTS NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT. TO DO THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GATHER AS MUCH OF THE SITE AS WE COULD INTO THE -- WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE CREEK, THE CITIES ALONG IT, THE STREETS ALONG IT AND ALSO THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION. WE WOULD ACHIEVE A LEAD GOLD RATING FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS. LEAD FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT TRIES TO TAKE A BROADER AREA THAN JUST A SINGLE BUILDING AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR WIDER SENSE OF SUSTAINABILITY. MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDELINES IN IT CLOSELY RESEMBLE THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN GUIDELINES. LEAD AND D HAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS WHICH HAVE BECOME THE BASELINE NUMBERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR PROPOSAL, AND LIVE WORK OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION TO ENERGY AND WATER CONSUMPTION. REGARDING ENERGY, AUSTIN IS DOING GREAT, I THINK AS WE ALL KNOW. IT HAS A NUMBER ONE GREEN POWER PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO THE DOE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AUSTIN USE THE GREEN DEVELOPMENT AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT GO MILES BEYOND WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AS A CITY AND HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF 30% RENEWABLE ENERGY IN 20 YEARS. TO REDUCE ENERGY USES IN THE CARBON FOOTPRINT YOU HAVE TO DO TWO THINGS. YOU HAVE TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF ALL THE OVERALL SYSTEMS BY DEVELOPING EFFICIENCIES INTO THE HEATING, AIR-CONDITIONING AND LIGHTING AND ALSO DEVELOPING ON-SITE ENERGY THROUGH WIND OR SOLAR, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO REDUCE PERSONAL CONSUMPTION. THROUGH THE CAREFUL DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND BY ENCOURAGING TENANTS TO NEED AND USE LESS ENERGY. AN EXAMPLE OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM WOULD BE OUR PROPOSAL TO USE THE CHIMNEY EFFECT INHERENT IN TALL BUILDINGS TO NATURALLY VENTILATE THE LARGE UNDERGROUND GARAGES RATHER THAN RELY ON ELECTRIC FANS TO PULL THE AIR THROUGH THEM. WE DID THIS SUCCESSFULLY ON CITY HALL. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO INSTALLING ENGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC PACKAGES. BUT PRODUCING ENERGY WILL NOT NECESSARILY REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT IF TENANTS SIMPLY USE MORE OF IT. REDUCING CONSUMPTION IN OFFICE BUILDINGS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE TENANTS AS THEY MOVE IN SO OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDES PROVIDING A SEPARATE TENANT FIT OUT BUDGET FOR THOSE MOVING INTO THE BUILDING THAT MUST BE USED FOR ENERGY MEASURES. REDUCING CONSUMPTION CAN ALSO BE ACHIEVED BY CREATING BUILDINGS THAT NEED LESS ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH. WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS A -- AN INTERIOR OF ONE OF THE APARTMENTS. WE CAN GO IN THROUGH A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT WE USE AND MEASURE THE LIGHT LEVELS AT EVERY TIME OF DAY AND TUNE THE LIGHTING AND THE CONTROLS SO THAT THE BUILDINGS CAN BECOME VERY EFFICIENT. LIGHTING IS ONE OF THE LARGER SOURCES OF ENERGY USES AND HEAT GAIN. SO IT'S GOT A DOUBLE PROBLEM. WITH REGARD TO WATER USES, USAGE, WE INTEND TO DOUBLE PIPE THE BUILDINGS, USE GRAY WATER TO FLUSH THE TOILETS. WE WANT TO HAVE ON-SITE TRASH RECYCLING AND IF POSSIBLE IT WOULD HELP US GET POINTS IN THE LEAD IN D RATING IF WE COULD DO SOME HABITAT RESTORATION ALONG THE CREEK. AND JUST TO CLOSE, I JUST WOULD SAY AGAIN I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD SEE WHOM GETS THIS PROJECT, THAT WE WOULD TURN THIS INTO A REAL MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FUTURE IN AUSTIN. THANK YOU.

MAYOR WYNN: THANK YOU, MR. REED. WELL, MR. COTERA, MR. MCNAMARA, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT ON YOUR TIME ALLOCATION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE OR ELABORATE ON THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. SO WITH THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE MINUTES FOR SET UP. OUR SECOND PRESENTATION IS FROM THE TRAMMELL CROW AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT TEAM. COME TEAR A COME TARA

I'M HONORED TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT WHOSE WORK ENTITLED TO US IS PROJECT GREEN. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME AND WE BELIEVE WE'VE CREATED A PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIQUE SPIRIT AND ENERGY OF AUSTIN. OUR TEAM IS COMPRISED OF AN ALL-STAR GROUP WITH HIS RECORD AND GOOD NEIGHBOR . WE LIVE HERE, WE WORK HERE WE EMBRACE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CREATING SOMETHING FOR OUR FRIENDS, NAMES, CHILDREN AND EVEN GRAND CHILDREN WILL EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY. OUR PROPOSAL ADDRESSED EVERY CRITICAL POINT OUTLINED IN YOUR RFP THAT WE'VE CREATED A SMART SENSIBLE PLAN THAT IS PACKED WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS. WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR ARCHITECTS, WE HAVE CREATED A HARMONIOUS, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN THAT WE'RE PROUD OF. WE HAVE A WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT BOMB IT IS FOR DIALOGUE CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS ALIKE. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. TO PROPOSE ON PROJECT BETWEEN, MY IF I D MY FIRM HAS THE DEVELOPERS AND MANAGERS OF THIS PROJECT. WE ALSO WELCOME, EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE THE HEAD OF TRAMMELL CROW AND WE ALSO WELCOME STEVE OF USAA. OUR ARCHITECT AND DESIGN TEAM IS AN AWARD WINNING FIRM SPECIALIZING IN LEADING EDGE, SUSTAINABLE PAGES. BERT WILL BE PRESENTING TO NEW JUST A FEW MOMENTS BUT FIRST I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS. CONSTRUCTIVE VENTURES WAS CREATE FOR MIXED USE COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN. WE ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY AND OFTEN HAVING A PUBLIC/PRIVATE COMPONENT. AS A FIRM, WE ARE TRULY DEVOTED TO COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE, GATHER AND GROW. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW SIGNATURE PROJECTS. WE CLEANED UP THE BROWN FIELD AND WORKING WITH CAPITAL METRO TO ADDRESS THE TRACTS AND PROVIDED 30% AFFORDABILITY AT 80% MFI. WE EMBODY THE OBJECTIVES AND VISION OF CENTRAL TEXAS. WE WORKED WITH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO ARRANGE FOR LENDING TO ALLOWS THROUGH LOWER INTEREST RATES TO EXPAND AFFORDABILITY AS PEDERNALES AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THE LOAN GUARANTEE WAS NEVER CALLED. AT BARTON PLACE WE CREATED A DEVELOPMENT TO COEXIST IN THE AREA. WE DEED RESTRICTED THE FRONT OF THE PROMPT AND GAVE A PERPETUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC PARK LAND. AND FINALLY, AT SPRING, A PROJECT IN SPRING AUSTIN PARTNERS WITH AGAIN THE PRECEDENT OF GIVING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SPEND ON THE SHOAL CREEK TRAIL. I'M SAYING THIS NOT BRAG BUT I SAY IT BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOWS WE ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND COLLABORATION. IT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, SOMETHING WE ARE DOING AND SOMETHING WE WILL BE DOING, THAT T IS WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. MY TEAMMATE ON PROJECT TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY, THEY HAVE A GREAT PROJECT. LET ME INTRODUCE THE HEAD OF THE AUSTIN OFFICE.

THANK YOU, PERRY. AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. TO PROPOSE AND PRESENT HERE TODAY IS A HUMBLING HONOR BUT ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY. TRAMMELL CROW IS A LEADING NATIONAL DEVELOPER FOUNDED IN 1958 BY MR. TRAMMELL CROW. SINCE THEN WE'VE CONSISTENTLY RANKED AS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, LEADING IN SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT. IN 1969, TCC FOUNDED AN AUSTIN OFFICE WHICH HAS OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE. THROUGH NEARLY 40 YEARS OF BOOMS AND BUSTS AND CHANGES IN PERSONNEL, TCC HAS CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL TO THE LANDSCAPE OF AUSTIN ALONG THE WAY. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TCC HAS ACHIEVED $372 MILLION OF DEVELOPMENT, EITHER BUILT OR CURRENTLY UNDER WAY IN AUSTIN. WE'RE DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THIS TOWN WITH PERMANENT STAFF AND RESOURCES TO COMPLETE PROJECT GREEN AS SOON AS WE'RE GIVEN THE GO AHEAD. WE'RE SURROUNDED BY TCC DEVELOPMENT, LIKE THE ARBORETUM, WHICH IS A TRUE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT LONG BEFORE THEY WERE COOL WITH GREEN OPEN SPACE, OFFICE, RETAIL AND HOTEL, ALL DEVELOPED BY TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY. DOWNTOWN WE DEVELOPED 301 CONGRESS. HERE WE INCLUDED A 60-FOOT SET BACK TO PRESERVE VIEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL FROM SOUTH CONGRESS. MORE RECENTLY, WE DEVELOPED THE SHORE CONDOMINIUM. THE PIONEER PROJECT THAT HELPED TRANSFORM THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE RECENTLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON MIDTOWN COMMONS AT CREST FEW STATION, THE SECOND TRAINSTORY DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN. LIKE SALTILLO, IT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE BOUNCEVILLE SITE IT HAS A THREE-STAR RATING AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TRAMMELL CROW HAS OVER 1.6 BILLION IN GREEN DEVELOPMENT UNDER YEA AT THIS TIME. WE'RE ALSO PLEASED TO BE JOINED WITH USA REAL ESTATE COMPANY AS OUR CAPITAL AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. WE CURRENTLY HAVE $4 BILLION UNDER MANAGEMENT TO DEVELOP AND OWN REAL ESTATE. TRAMMELL CROW HAS AN ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP WITH USA THAT IS CURRENTLY BUILDING $300 OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THE USA LEADERSHIP TEAM WALKED THE BETWEEN SITE WITH US AS WE CAREFULLY LAID OUT OUR VISION AND THEY HAVE ENTHUSIASTICALLY EMBRACED THE VISION TO MAKE HISTORY. USA BRINGS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND THEY AREING AS THE PARTNER -- SERVING AS THE PARTNER ON THE BANKS PROJECT WITH OVER 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN THE PROGRAM. A PROJECT THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO GREEN IN THAT IT IS A TRUE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. TO RECAP, OUR TEAM HAS A DECADE'S LONG RECORD OF EXECUTION THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY IN AUSTIN. WE GET AUSTIN AND ITS URBAN EVOLUTION. OUR CAPITAL BACKING AND NATIONAL STRENGTH BUOY US FINANCIALLY. WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CREATED AND EXECUTED ON MORE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ON AUSTIN THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN THIS ROOM. NO HIRING, NO STAFFING OUT AND NO COBBLING TOGETHER OF AN ABOUT PRICE. FINALLY, OUR PEOPLE IS EXCLUSIVELY LOCAL. WE WORK HERE, WE LIVE HERE, WE PLAY HERE AND WE RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT CANNOT BE MORE MEANINGFUL TO US PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. NOW, I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO PERRY TO DISCUSS THE TERMS OF OUR PROPOSAL.

THANKS, LANCE. I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSAL. I CANI THINK THE ELEMENTS DIFFERENTIATE US. OUR TEAM PUTS ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THE PROPOSAL, WE STUDIED IT AT GREAT LENGTHS TO ANSWER EVERY DETAIL. WE KNOW THE CITY SPENT A LOT OF TIME CRAFTING THIS RFP AND WE WORKED HARD TO RESPECT THAT IN OUR RESPONSE. WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT OUR PROPOSAL PROVIDES THE MOST BENEFIT TO THE CITY. INCLUDES ARE WIDE VARIETY OF USES, ENORMOUS ECONOMIC IMPACKS, A BROAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING COME POINT AND THE MOST PARKING AND CONNECTIVITY AND PUBLIC SPACE. I'M MOST PROUD YOU OF THE WIDE RANGE OF USES. THIS PROVIDES OFFICE, RETAIL, HOTEL, FOR-RENT RESIDENTIAL, FOR-SALE RESIDENTIAL, SENIOR LIVING AND PUBLIC SPACES. IT IS A HARMONIOUS MIX THAT ENCOURAGES A 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK COMMUNITY. WE CREATED A PROPOSAL THAT HAS THE MOST ECONOMIC IMPACT. WE ANALYZED OUR PROGRAM, ASSESSED THE LIKELY ECONOMIC IMPACT AND HIS REPORT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PROPOSAL FOR YOUR REVIEW. THE CITY WILL RECEIVE TAX REVENUES FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, HOTEL BED TAX AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, THE ALWAYS POPULAR MIXED BEVERAGE TAX. AT FULL BUILD OUT, GREEN WILL GENERATE $7 BILLION PER YEAR REVENUE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. S TOO EMPLOYMENT, OUR PLAN WILL SUPPORT 4500 JOBS AND OVER 200 MILLION IN TOTAL ANNUAL PAYROLL. OF THAT NUMBER, OVER 2,000 JOBS WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SITES THEMSELVES AND ADDITIONALLY 12,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS WILL SUPPORT THE GREEN OF THE LIFE OF THE BUILD OUT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE PROJECT GREEN WILL HAVE A MASSIVE POSITIVE EFFECT ON CITY COFFERS. THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, DENSITY, IT WILL YIELD THE MOST ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANY OF THE PROPOSALS YOU WILL SEE. THE CITY'S RFP, REQUIRED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE'RE DELIVERING THAT IN SPADES. 25% OF THE RESIDENTIAL BE RESERVED FOR 80% OR BELOW MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME, 2 1/2 TIMES THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT. WE ARE IMPOSING A DENSITY BONUS WHICH WILL PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION THAT MONEY COULD BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO DEEPEN AFFORDABILITY IN ANYWAY THE CITY SEES FIT. ALSO SHALL WE PLAN TO INCLUDE A -- ALSO, WE PLAN TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE SENIOR LIVING AS WELL. BY CREATING A PROPOSAL WITH SUCH STRONG ECONOMIC IMPACT WE WILL MAXIMIZE THE RETURN FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED BY THIS COUNCIL. OUR OVERALL PLAN WILL YIELD CONSOLIDATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE TRUST FUND OF OVER $2.8 BILLION PER YEAR. WE PROPOSED MOST PARKING OF ANY OF THE PLANS WITH 5200 PARKING SPACES. OF THOSE, A MINIMUM OF 250 WILL BE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CITY FOR THE LIBRARY OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC USE. DURING NIGHTS, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS THIS NUMBER COULD REACH OVER 2,000. A LARGE PORTION OF THESE WILL BE IN THE CITY GARAGE. WE WILL INSTALL ELECTRIC REFUELING STATION AND BICYCLE BY AS. AND WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE CURRENT DIFFICULTIES WITH PARKING IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE LONG CENTER AND AUDITORIUM SHORES. WE BELIEVE HAVING THE LARGEST PARKING UNDER SINGLE MANAGEMENT OFFERS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO ALLEVIATE THE PARKING AND TRAVEL PROBLEMS. CONNECTIVITY GOES HAND IN AND WITH PARKING SO BY THOUGHTFULLY PLACING THE INGRESS AND EGRESS WE THOUGHTFULLY PLACE THE TWO-WHEEL ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS, FOLLOWED BY THE BICYCLE AND THEN MAST TRANSIT AND THEN LASTLY, THE CAR. WE REINTRODUCE THE ORIGINAL STREET PLAN FROM THE WALLER PLAN. THIS WILL BREAK UP BIG CITY BLOCKS INTO MANAGEABLE SIZES, ENCOURAGING WALKERS TO ACCESS STORES. OUR PLANS WILL INCLUDES $500,000 TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR SHOAL CREEK IMPROVEMENT. CVI ALSO PLEDGES TO GRANT THE CITY OF AUSTIN THE LONG-NEEDED EASEMENT TO COMPLETE THE SHOAL CREEK HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL BETWEEN 4th AND 5th STREETS. OUR TEAM PLANS TO CONSTRUCT SHOAL CREEK AND UNTIL THAT BRIDGE IS OPEN WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY CREATE THE BEST ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THESE BROAD COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE'VE ALREADY LAID OUT REGARDING PUBLIC TAX REVENUES, AFFORDABILITY, WE ARE PROUD OF SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS INCLUDED. WE COMMIT TO A PUBLIC SAFETY STORE FRONT, WE LEAVING THE CITY OF THAT PRICE TAG AND PROVIDING A MUCH-NEEDED PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENCE IN OUR GROWING DOWNTOWN. THE PUBLIC SPACES AT GREEN BANK FOR ARTS AND CREATIVITY. WE PROM MACE -- PROMISE A BONUS AND ENDOWMENT PROGRAM. WE PROMISE TO GIVE MONEY TO BEAUTIFY THE SUBSTATION WEST OF OUR SITE. THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND THEM AND FUND THEM. WE WILL VOLUNTARILY BRING PROBLEM PRO -- PROJECT INTO THE DOWNTOWN. THAT IS THE MEANT AND POTATOES OF THE PROPOSAL BUT THE FUN PART IS THE DESIGN. TO DESCRIBE THE ARCHITECTURE, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF BETHUNE.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. WE'LL BE HON HONORED TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN TO CREATE A LEGACY AT THE SITE OF THE NEXUS OF AUSTIN'S HISTORY AND FUTURE, ADDING TO A VITAL, LIVEABLE DOWNTOWN THROUGH DIVERSITY OF SCALE, PLACES, USES AND PEOPLE. OUR TIES TO AUSTIN ARE STRONG THROUGH SHARED ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, A LONG COLLABORATION WITH THE LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILD FLOWER CENTER, A CREATIVE CITY LIFE AND THE GOOD FRIENDS WE HAVE HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS AT HOW OUR TEAM HAS ARRIVED AT THIS PROCESS. THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE CLAP RATION WITH YOU, OUR GOAL IS TO CAPTURE THE CITY OF AUSTIN THROUGH LISTENING, LOOKING, SENSING AND DRAWING UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS NEW PLACE AUSTIN UNIQUE. WE LOOK TO MANY PLACES FOR INSPIRATION, SUCH AS GEOLOGY AND LOCAL TERMS, HYDROLOGY, AND NATURAL SYSTEMS AND OPEN SPACES. NEW PLANS AND VISIONS, PATTERNS AND SYSTEMS. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SECOND STREET DISTRICT AND THE NEED FOR A POWERFUL SYNERGISTIC GROUP OF RETAILERS. THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT WALLER PLAN WITH ITS FINE GRAIN OF ALLEYS. WE FURTHER START TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE BY LISTENING CAREFULLY ON NUMEROUS TRIPS AND THROUGH AN ARTIST-LED CULTURAL PROGRAM TALKING TO CITIZENS. THROUGH THIS, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOME IMAGINE THAT I CAN CAN HAPPEN AT SECOND AND SHOAL CREEK. THE INTERSECTION OF NATURE AND PEOPLE, HISTORY AND FUTURE. OUR GOAL IS TO CLASH RATE WITH YOU TO -- TO COLLABORATE WITH TO YOU CREATE A MODEL FOR AUSTIN AND THE NATION'S FUTURE THAT IS HEALTHY AND RESTORATIVE, BY HONORING THE LEGACY OF THE SERVICE OF THE SITE AND SUSPENDED THROUGH NEW SUSTAINABLE ACTION, INCLUDING ALL THE PROJECT LEADING A MINIMUM OF LEAD GOAL LEVELS. WE WILL COORDINATE YOU TO CREATE CARBON-NEUTRAL BUILDING OPERATIONS THROUGH ENERGY DEMANDS REDUCTION, ON SITE ELECTRICITITY AND HOT WATER PRODUCTION AND OFF SITE RENEWABLE POWER. REDUCE DEMANDS THROUGH BIO CLIMATIC STRATEGIES AND NATURAL COOLING, NIGHT TIME USE OF AUSTIN'S CHILLED WATER LOOP, WHICH WILL EXTEND THE CITY'S INVESTMENT. ON SITE ELECTRICAL GENERATION THROUGH PHOTO AND PROPOSED THERMAL SYSTEM AT THE SUBSTATION, GENERATING ELECTRICITITY FROM THE SUN, TRANSFERRING THAT TO STEAM, AND CAPTURING WASTE HEAT FOR HOT WATER AND A COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH YOU TOWARDS 100% GREEN POWER. WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH YOU TO CREATE A WATER NEUTRAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH WATER DEMANDS REDUCTION. AND THE IMPACT OF THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM TO A GRAY WATER SYSTEM ON SITE TO DISPLACEABLE WATER CONSUMED AT PROJECT GREEN THIS SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE COOLING TOWER WATER FOR THE CITY'S DISTRICT COOLING WATER PLANT. WATER FOR LANDSCAPE AND FLUSHING TOILETS. OUR CONCEPT ADDS TO A VITAL, LIVEABLE DOWNTOWN THROUGH DIVERSITY OF SCALE, PLACES, USES, AND PEOPLE. THERE IS A DIVERSITY OF SCALE PROVIDING LIGHT AND AIR WITH VENDER TOWERS ON A BASE THE SCALE OF CITY HALL AND THE NEW LIBRARY. RESPECTING LADY BIRD LAKE AND SHOAL CREEK, BUILDING FORM TO CREATE DIVERSITY. A DIVERSITY OF INTERCONNECTED PUBLIC PLACES. A PEDESTRIAN ROAM WITH VARY REED SPACES AND EXCELLENT PUBLIC ACCESS. A SHOAL CREEK WALK WITH RESTAURANTS ALONG THE CREEK. A NEW PUMP ALLEY RESPECTING THE WALLER PLAN WITH A NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE LINKING TO THE NEW LIBRARY. PUBLIC PLAZAS FOR MUSIC AND ARTS EVENTSES AT 2END AND SHOAL CREEK. ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USES WITH RETAIL SHOWN IN RED, RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOMES IN OR RAN AND LOBBIES IN BLUE. A DIVERSITIES OF USES THAT PROMOTE AS DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC LEVELS, INCLUDING A GREAT MIX OF YOUNG AND YOUNG AT HEART FOR A VIBRANT 24/7 NEIGHBORHOOD. MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABILITY APARTMENTS. CONDOMINIUMS, OFFICES, MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, A BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON SHOAL CREEK AND A HOTEL BELOW CONDOMINIUMS. ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS. ALL SUPPORTED BY OVER 5,000 PARKING SPACES. A DIVERSITY OF SPACES, USES, SCALE CREATING SPECIAL PLACES FOR A DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE. A VIEW FROM THE LIBRARY SITE ACROSS SHOAL CREEK, LOOKING TO THE WEST, OR TO THE EAST. A VIEW FROM LADY BIRD LAKE. A NEW PUMP ALLEY LOOKING TOWARDS A NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO THE LIBRARY OVER SHOAL CREEK. A VIEW DOWN SECOND TOWARDS THE WEST, LOOKING AT ACTIVE RETAIL USES SUPPORTING THE SECOND STREET DISTRICT. A VIEW TOWARDS THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL AT SECOND AND SHOAL CREEK, LOOKING TOWARDS A NEW PUBLIC PERFORMANCE PLAZA WITH RESTAURANTS ALONG THE SHOAL CREEK WALK. THE DESIGN CONCEPT IS AN INDICATION OF POSSIBILITIES, AND THE START OF AN INTERACTIVE ANDTIVE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. A PROCESS OF LISTEN, LOOKING, SENSING AND DRAWING UNTIL WE GET RIGHT. WE CREATE GREAT PLACES THROUGH INTERACTION AND ARE EXCITED TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE NEXUS OF AUSTIN'S HISTORY AND AUSTIN'S FUTURE. WITH CUTTING EDGE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AMPLIFYING A VITAL, LIVEABLE DOWNTOWN THROUGH A DIVERSITY OF SCALE, PLACES, USES AND PEOPLE. THANK YOU. BE LANCE?

MAYOR WYNN: ABOUT NINE MINUTES LEFT, LANCE.

OKAY. THANKS, BERT. BEFORE WE CLOSE, I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR APPROACH OF CREATING THIS PROPOSAL AND THE FUTURE IF WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN BY YOU. OUR TEAM MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CAPITAL CITY AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VALLEY AUSTIN, FOUNDATION COMMUNITY, CAPITAL METRO AND OTHER GROUPS AND LEADERS. BOTH THE PEOPLE WE TALKED WITH AS WELL AS THE CITY'S RFB ITSELF WITH VERY SPECIFIC WITH RESPECT TO LOCAL RETAIL AT THE SITE. BASED ON THAT, WE CREATED 35% OF THE RETAIL ON THE SITE AND 100% OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY SIZE WILL BE LOCAL CONTENT. WE HAVE 25% WOMEN-OWNED ON THAT SITE. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, WE ARE WORK WORKING TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON PLACING WOMEN-OWNED RETAIL ON THE SITE. REGARDLESS OF THE FINE MIX, GREEN WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT WITH LOCAL FLAVOR THAT REFLECTS THE CHARACTER AND VALUES OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE CITY, THE NEIGHBORS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE EXISTING TENNANTS IN ALL OF DOWNTOWN. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS A COMMUNITY THAT MUST WORK COHESIVELY SO THE COMMUNITY CAN SUCCEED. IT MEETS ALL THE GUIDANCE IN THE REPORT BY THE CITY. WE TOOK THOSE GUIDELINES VERY SERIOUSLY. A PROPOSAL RESPECTS THIS FACT BUT USING GREAT STREETS, THE LADY BIRD OVERLAY AND BY DOING THIS WE ARE EXCEEDING ALL COMMUNITY-DRIVEN GUIDELINES. IT BEHOOVES US TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND ONE THAT WILL EFFECT THE CITY FOR YEARS TO COME. WE WILL GAIN THE INSIGHT OF ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT. WE PLAN TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY CHOOSE NAME FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT TRULY REFLECTS AUSTIN'S UNIQUE CHARACTER. THEY HAVE GIVEN AS YOU GREAT TEMPLATE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THE GUIDELINES AND WE WANT TO REFINE IT WITH THE HELP OF ALL AUSTINITES AND A DEVELOPMENT WE CAN ALL BE HAPPY WITH I THINK YOU WILL HEAR AFTER US SOME VERY POLISHED PRESENTERS AND ATTORNEY, BUT WE WANTED YOU TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE YOU WOULD BE WORKING WITH TO DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY SHOULD YOU CHOOSE. THAT IS ME, PERRY, TIM, AND BERT. WE WERE ALL HERE TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY FACE-TO-FACE TO BE OUR PARTNERS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE THE RIGHT TEAM TO MAKE GREEN GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT BACK TO PERRY TO CONCLUDE.

TRAMMELL CROW, CVI AND USAA JOINED FORCES DUE TO COMMON PHILOSOPHIES. OUR TEAM IS EXCLUSIVELY LOCAL AND THE ONLY TEAM THAT COMBINES THE STRENGTH OF A NATIONAL DEVELOP WE ARE LOCAL SMARTS AND SENSITIVITY. NO NATIONAL DEVELOPER HAS BEEN HERE AS LONG AS TRAMMELL CROW AND I'VE BEEN WORKING IN AUSTIN FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. SOMETHING THAT MAKES US UNIQUE AMONG THE OTHER RESPONDENTS IS WE ARE READY TO MAKE IT THE TOP PRIORITY BAR NONE, STARTING THE DAY YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH THE PARTNERSHIP. WHILE SOME OF US ARE UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE WITH THE CITY, WE ARE READY TO GO DAY ONE, STEP UP AND MAKE SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM REDEVELOPMENT, MAKING GREEN OUR COMMISSION CRITICAL OBJECTIVE. WE WILL MAKE GREEN GO. WE WILL HAVE THE MOST SQUARE FOOTAGE, HOUSING AND PARKING AND MAXIMIZE THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS. THIS MAXIMIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, ALLOWING EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE THE MIXED USES AND UNPARALLELED SUSTAINABILITY. WE WILL CREATE A TRUE AROUND THE CLOCK COMMUNITY. IT IS TRY, COLLABORATIVE AND OPEN. WE ARE BLOCKS AWAY IN OUR PLANS TO WEAR OUT THE PAVEMENT BETWEEN OUR OFFICES AND CITY HALL. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY BRIEFLY REVIEWING YOUR SCORING MATRIX. THE DAY THE CITY RFP CAME OUT, WE MAY THIS BLOW UP OF THE SCORING MATRIX AND PUT IT ON THE WALL OF OUR CONFERENCE ROOM, IT IS WORSE FOR WEAR BUT WE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. ON THE TOP, WE SHOW OUR TEAM IS THE ONE WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCE, CAPABLE TEAMS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WITH DIRECTLY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE WITH JOBS OF SIMILAR SCALE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPLEMENT THAT RECORD AT GREEN. COMPLETION CAPABILITY, PROJECT GREEN IS OUR TOP PRIORITY AND WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL, RESOURCES AND BANDWIDTH TO GO-TO-NOW. ON ACTIVE CAPITAL, WE'RE PLEASED TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM WITH UNPARALLELED FINANCIAL STRENGTH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BACKING OF USA REAL ESTATE COMPANY. REGARDING OFFERED CONSIDERATION WE PUT TOGETHER A PACK MUCH FINANCIAL AND NONFINANCIAL THAT WAS WILL BE SECOND TO NONE. IN TERMS 6 OF GOAL, DEVELOPMENT AND REQUIREMENT, WE MEET OR EXCEED. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROPOSAL. WE THINK BETHUNE HAS DEVELOPED A DESIGN THAT TRULY WILL MAKE MAGIC PAP AT SHOAL CREEK AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE SEE IT BECOME A REALITY. WE HAVE THE MOST PUBLIC PARKING, THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE HAVE MET ADDITIONAL GOALS TO MAKE PROJECT GREEN SPECTACULAR. WE WILL CREATE THE MISSING SECTION OF SHOAL CREEK SHALE TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SPACES FOR ALL OF AUSTIN TO ENJOY. IN SUM, TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU. OF A POSSIBLE 120 POINTS WE ARE SCORING OURSELVES A 122. THIS HAS BEEN A MANY-YEAR PROCESS, THE CITY USED A GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNITY INPUT TO CRAFT A DETAILED STRONG RFP WHICH IT SHOULD BE PROUD AND WE ARE JUST AS PROUD IN OUR RESPONSE AND I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY SAYING WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WHETHER IT IS BUILDING GREAT STREETS STREETS IN EAST AUSTIN, PROVIDE AIG FORDABILITY IN OUR OUR DEVELOPMENTS OR CLEANING UP BROWN FIELD SITES. COLLABORATE IS WHAT WE'RE GO, IT IS WHAT DO WE IN THE FUTURE, AND WE PUT IT ON THIS WIN THIS COMPETITION. IT IS WHAT OUR TEAM IS ALL ABOUT, SO THANK YOU.

MAYOR WYNN: THANK YOU. SO WE'LL TAKE FEW MINUTES TO BREAK DOWN THE TRAMMELL CROW PRESENTATION AND GET PREPARED FOR THE CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT. WYNN I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO SO WE'LL SET THE CLOCK FOR 30 MEMBERSHIPS AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TODAY. MY NAME IS GREG WEAVER, PRESIDENT OF CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE BEEN IN AUSTIN QUITE A LONG TIME HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW AMERICAN IDOL LAST NIGHT, BUT THERE WERE TWO DAVIDS LAST NIGHT AND TODAY YOU GOT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FIVE DAVIDS, FIVE GREAT FIRMS OF EQUAL TALENT. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR THAT ADDITIONAL 12 MILLION VOTES AND YOU TO PICK US AS YOUR MASTER DEVELOPER AT THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT. BEFORE I START, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN, IT IS PROBABLY APPROPRIATE TO CONGRATULATE TAYLOR ANDREWS WHO IS HAVING THE GRAND OPENING ON THE 360 CONDOS TODAY AND WE THINK IT IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE AUSTIN SKYLINE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE NEXT PHASE AND BRING IT ALL UP TOGETHER SO CONGRATULATIONS, TAYLOR. TODAY WHAT WE WILL DO IS TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS, OUR IDEAS, OUR VISION FOR THE GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE HALLMARK, THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN, AND IF IT IS DONE RIGHT, IT CAN BRING UP EVERYTHING AROUND IT AND REALLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, A PLACE TO LIVE, TO WORK, TO PLAY, A PLACE TO ENJOY THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF SHOAL CREEK BUT A PLACE TO ENTERTAIN AND DINE, ALL WITHIN ONE ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VIE BRAN SEE -- VIBRANCC OF WHAT IS GOING ON, IT CAN BE THE CATALYST TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. WITH THAT SAID, WE BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH AN AUTHENTIC BALANCE. WE DID A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND WE HEARD THERE ARE A LOT OF HIGH HOPES AND DREAMS FOR A GENUINE PROJECT BUT THEN SOMETHING THAT IS AUTHENTIC AND A PART OF AUSTIN. YOU KNOW, AUSTIN AND OUR MEMORY OF WHAT IT IS, BUT THEN ALSO SOMETHING TO BE BOLD, PROGRESSIVE, INNOVATIVE, ON THE SITE. SO THERE IS THE MIX OF THE BALANCE. THERE IS THE BALANCE OF GOING UP AND BEYOND AND VERY PROGRESSIVE AND VERY CONCEPTUAL, BUT THE SAME TIME BEING A PART OF THE FABRIC OF WHAT AUSTIN IS AND WHAT EVERYONE THINKS AUSTIN S. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE LISTENED, WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL PROPOSE HERE IS STRIKING THAT BALANCE OF THE BOLD, THE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEN ALSO WHAT IS AUSTIN. PART OF OUR APPROACH YOU NEED A MASTER DEVELOPER, YOU NEED A PARTNER, A TRUSTED PARTNER AS WE'VE DONE AT MILLER, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE BEEN IN A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY THAT INVOLVED AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH. ONE THING WE ARE PROUD OF AT MILLER IS THERE IS A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY APPROACH TO MAKE IT SUCH A SUCCESS AND SUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU NEED A BALANCE OF HAVING A BOLD, PROGRESSIVE, INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS AT THE HEART OF YOUR DOWNTOWN. WHO IS CATELLUS, THIS IS WHAT YOU KNOW, THE MILLER PROJECT, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT AS BEING THE MASTER DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT SO WE WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CATELLUS LOCALLY WHO WE ARE, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CATELLUS ON A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BASIS. IN AUSTIN TODAY WE HAVE 23 PEOPLE WHO ALL LIVE AND OUR EMPLOYED HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP IS WILL WE BE ABLE TO DO MORE. WILL WE BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THE GREEN. WE BELIEVE WE CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRESENT TEAM IN NEEDED, WE CAN EXPAND THE TEAM BUT OUR SKI PARTNERING UP WITH LOCAL CONSULTANTS AND LOCAL GROUPS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. OUR LOCAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL OVERSIGHT IS ALL DONE HERE, IT IS NOT FROM A CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS HERE, IT IS ALL DONE BY MATT WAYLAN WHO IS THE LEAD OF OUR OFFICE HEREBY HERE TODAY. BUT THE IMPORTANT PART, THE FLIP SIDE, WEAR FORTUNE 500 COMPANY, AND I WILL GET INTO DETAILS ON THAT BUT ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S ECONOMIC TIMES, HAVING THE FINANCIAL WHERE WITH ALL AND STRENGTH AND VISION AND DESIGN FROM PROJECTS DONE FRONT U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE IMPORTANT. ON THE SITE HERE, I DON'T NAME THEM ALL BUT THESE ARE ALL 6 OUR LOCAL CONSULTANTS TODAY, AND OVER A MAJORITY OF THESE ARE ALL AUSTIN-BASED AND OFFICED CONSULTANTS. AND THE CATELLUS MANTRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THOUGH WE ARE A BIG COMPANY, WE HIRE LOCAL COULD CONSULTANTS AND PEOPLE. AND PROLOGIS WHICH WE ARE PART OF THROUGH MERGER ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE BECAME THIS FORTUNE 500 COMPANY, WE BECAME INTERNATIONAL. AND FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WE'RE NOT RELYING ON THE U.S. MARKET, THE CHINA MARKET OR THE EUROPEAN MARKET, WE HAVE A BLEND OF ALL THE DIFFERENT MARKETS THAT HELPS KEEP YOUR COMPANY STABLE AND TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT VERY HEALTHY. WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENCE AUDITED SUSTAINABILITY REPORT AND PART OF THE CULL TIRE OF CULLTURE OF PROLOGIS IS EMBRACING AND NOT ONLY TALKING THE TALK BUT WALKING THE WALK AND HAVING AN INDEPENDENCELY-AUDITED THREE YOUR FINANCIALS, SUSTAINABILITY REPORT THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. THE SIZE OF THE COMPANY, WE'RE A $30 BILLION COMPANY, AND WE SELF FINANCE OUR PROJECTS. WE DON'T NEED A FINANCE PARTNER, WE HAVE A LEAN 6 CREDIT THAT WE -- A LINE OF CREDIT THAT WE SELF FINANCE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. WE BELIEVE THAT IS IMPORTANT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE A FULL SERVICE COMPANY. NOT THAT WE THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES DO EVERYTHING BUT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WE HAVE HAD, ALL THE LOCAL CONSULTANTS, WHETHER IT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PLANNER, ENGINEERS, WHATEVER IT IS WE HAVE THAT LOCAL TEAM TO BRING THE JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ON THE IMAGE HERE IS OUR MIXED USE PROJECTS AND JUST A FEW DOWNTOWN ONES TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DOWNTOWN PROJECT. IN MISSION BY A, THE MASTER DEVELOPERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. WE ARE THE LAND DEVELOPERS THERE BUT WE GO OUT AND GET DIFFERENT VERTICAL DEVELOP EVERY, DIFFERENT ARCHITECTS AND TEAMS ON THE PROJECT AND CREATE A VITAL DOWNTOWN, WE BELIEVE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT SO YOU WILL HEAR LATER WE ARE PROPOSING BEING A MASTER DEVELOPER AND COMPETITIVELY BIDDING THE VERTICAL COMPONENT. THE SECOND ITEM ON HERE, STAND FEY DEPOT, A 15-ACRE PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. WE ARE THE MASTER DEVELOPER. MULTIPLE DESIGNS, A TRAIN STATION THERE, A POD, PART OF THE AMTRAK DESTINATION IN SAN DIEGO. LASTLY, LA UNION STATION WHICH IS 51-ACRES WHICH IS A TRUE MIXED USE, RESIDENTIAL YOU, OFFICE, SUBWAY, TRAIN, COMMUTER RAIL, WITH THE MAIN DESTINATION. AGAIN, WE ARE NOT THE VERTICAL BUILDER, WE HAVE MANY VERTICAL BUILDERS THAT WE BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE A VITAL DOWNTOWN APPROACH SOME OF YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT THE MASTER DEVELOPER AND WHAT IS THE MASTER DEVELOPER BRING TO THE TABLE. WHAT DOES OUR APPROACH BRING. WE THINK OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY INPUT. IF WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THINGS THAT WE AS THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, THE STAKEHOLDERRING WANT TO GO DO, WE WILL NOT BE SLANTED TO BE A VERTICAL BUILDER, WE WILL PUSH THE BUILDERS TO ADD MORE GREEN, BETTER DESIGN, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WHATEVER IT IS AND MILLER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE WE GOT TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE UP. THE COMPETITIVE BID ON THE VERTICAL DEVELOPER IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD OF AND WE HAVE DONE IN A LOT 67 OF PLACES IN DIFFERENT WAYSES TO CREATE THAT DOWNTOWN VIBRANCY THROUGH GUIDELINES AND WE PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON THE BUILDERS AND ENFORCE FOR THE CITY. MILLER, YOU CAN GO ON THE INTERNET AND LOOK AT OUR PRO FORMA TODAY, WE APPROACH AN OPEN BOOK APPROACH ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM THE GOALS, EPT, SO IT IS A VERY TRANSPARENT DEAL. LOCAL MANAGEMENT TEAM, I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT AGAIN BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE PROPOSE. OUT AT MILLER WE HAVE 360 DIFFERENT BUILDERS, ARCHITECTS, CONSULTANTS, MANAGERS ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE WORKING, LIVING HERE THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND WE THINK GREEN CAN BE THE SAME, AT THE END MUCH OF THE DAY, A PARTNERSHIP. LASTLY, OUR COMMUNITY INPUT. OUR STARTING POINT, A CORE PARENT OF OUR BUSINESS IS GETTING THE CONSENSUS, IS BUILDING THE CONSENSUS WITH THE CITY, WITH THE STAFF, WITH THE STAKE HOLDERS, WITH THE ADVOCATES AND WE THINK OUT AT MILLER THE PROJECT ENDED UP GOING FASTER BECAUSE IT WAS CONSENSUS. WHEN APPROVALS WERE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAD BUY-IN FROM COUNCIL, FROM STAFF, FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND WE THAT I PROCESS LIKE THAT AT MILLER WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THE PROJECT A BETTER PROJECT, PUSH THE BAR UP ON BETTER COMPONENTSES AND ULTIMATELY BUILD THE CONSENSUS. SO PART OF OUR BUILDING UP ON THE RFP, WE ACTUALLY STARTED AND HAD A DOZEN COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AT THE VERY PRELIMINARY TO HEAR FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS AND IF WE'RE SELECTED IT WOULD BE A PROCESS WE WOULD CARRY ON ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE DESIGN TO THE COMPLETE BUILD OUT. SOON WHEN -- AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THE MIKE ON TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD IN OUR OUTREACH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, GREG. AS GREG MENTIONED, PASS PART OF OUR PREPARING THE SUBMIT TALES TO THE CITY'S RFP, WE WILL NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE ON THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR PROPOSAL. SO WHAT DO WE HEAR? BASICALLY A NUMBER OF THEMES EMERGED FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS THERE WAS A THIRST TO A VIBRANT, ACTIVE DISTRICT. CONNECTIVITY TO LADY BIRD LAKE AND SHOAL CREEK AND ATTENTION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FEATURED AT THE GREEN SITE. A DESIRE FOR A BROADER SPECTRUM OF DOWNTOWN HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE ANDING WORKFORCE HOUSING. A DESIRE FOR A RETAIL DESTINATION THAT WOULD APPEAL TO THOSE WHO LIVE AND A SHOPPING DESTINATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO LIVE DOWNTOWN SO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO CURRENTLY HAVE TO DRIVE TO THE SUBURBS TO GET THE EVERY DAY GOODS THEY NEED WILL BE ABLE TO GO DOWNTOWN. WE HEARD THE NEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THE IS LACKING CHILDCARE OR OR SIMILAR TYPES. CONSISTENTLY AND THROUGHOUT, THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD SHIP WOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS? WE HUDDLE WITH OUR TEAMMATES, OUR EXPERTS, CONSULTANT, WE DISCUSS THESE AMBITIONS AND ADDED OUR EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THESE AREAS. WE ADDED THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT, AND THE CITY'S FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES. WE TOOK THESE THINGS AND CRAFTED A PROPOSAL TO BALANCE THESE FACTORS AND CREATED WHAT WE BELIEVE IS AN OPTIMAL MIX OF ALL OF THEM. OUR PROPOSAL HIGHLIGHTS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THIS SITE WILL COMBINE THE BEST IDEAS FROM MANY PEOPLE IN MANY DIRECTIONS. WE ARE BRINGING A FEW IDEAS OF OUR OWN AS A STARTING POINT BUT WE BRING THEM FORWARD MINDFUL OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN AND BRING OTHER IDEAS FORWARD AS WELL. SUSTAINABILITY, WE SEE SUSTAINABILITY GOING FAR BEYOND GREEN BUILDING ALONE AND RATHER WE THINK OF SUSTAINABILITY IN TERMS 6 CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL ANESTHETICS. FROM A FLEXIBLE PLAN RESPONSETIVE TO THE MARKET AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES, ANESTHETIC, NOT TRENDY OR DATED ARCHITECTURE BUT IT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME. PUBLIC ASPECT, OUR PROPOSAL FOCUSES ON PUBLIC SPACES AND ATTENTION TO THE STREET LEVEL EXPERIENCE. AFFORDABILITY. OUR BASELINE COMMITMENT IS TO PROVIDE 25% OF THE HOUSING IN THE PROJECT FOR RENT AND SALE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING. WE ESTABLISHED A SHARED EQUITY PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE IT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO ENSURE THAT FOR SALE AFFORDABLE HOUSE CAN SHALL BE SUSTAINED OVER TIME AND THE PUBLIC'S INVESTMENT CAN BE RETAINED. GREEN BUILDING, WE PROPOSE THEY WILL ACHIEVE A MINUMUM OF THREE STAR. WE CONSIDER THIS AS A STARTING POINT AND COMMIT TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR WAYS TO BUILD ON THIS STANDARD AND EXCEED IT OUR STANDARD AT MILLER IS TO ACHIEVE LEED CERTIFICATION, YESTERDAY WE HAVE LEED PLATINUM, OUR OWN OFFICE IS LEED GOLD. OUR AM BUSINESS AND OUR APPROACH IS TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM AT EVERY TURN. LASTLY, THE PARKING ENTERPRISE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN SITE PROVIDES THE CITY WITH AN UNRESIDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ITS PARKING ENTERPRISE AND WE SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL REV FOR THE CITY, AND TO BUILD ON THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN THAT ENDEAVOR. WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEAVES AND WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. OUR COMMITMENT TO THAT IS EVIDENCED BY OUR INCLUSION OF THREE SEPARATE PARKING CONSULTANTS ON OUR TEAM. A CONSULTANT IN PLAN, DESIGNING AND MANAGING PARKING. WE LEAVE THAT THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THESE RESOURCES NOT BY MERELY HAVING THE MOST BUT THE BEST MIX OF PARKING IS WHAT WILL MAKE THAT SUCCESSFUL. SNAPSHOTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE PROPOSE TO HAVE OVER 1,000 RESIDENTSES, FOR RENT AND FOR SALE, HALF A MILLION SQUARE FEET 6 CLASS A OFFICE SPACE, 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL. TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF RETAIL. THE EXTENSIONS 6 THE STREET GRID, REESTABLISHMENT OF THE GRID PLAN. AND THE PROVISION OF OVER 3300, ABOVE AND BELOW GRADE PARKING SPACES. THIS PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE AN INVESTMENT OF OVER 600 MILLION AND CREATE OVER 13,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND 2600 PERMANENT JOBS. WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER TO INCLUDE AS OUR TEAMMATES THE INTERNATIONALLY REGARDED FIRM HOK AND COMARTS, A DESIGN TERM SPECIALIZING IN STREET ENTERPRISES.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS COLLIN GREEN AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE HOK PLANNING GROUP AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE FELT OVER THE LAST 60 DAYS IN TRYING TO PREPARE THIS DESIGN AND THIS STRATEGY FOR YOU. WHAT STARTED OUT AS A VERY ENERGETIC AND COMPLEX PROJECT QUICKLY BECAME SOMETHING THAT WAS AT TIMES FRANTIC, BUT THEN QUICKLY TURNED INTO TO A PROJECT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF RICHNESS TO IT. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT IN THE CONTEXT OF SUCCESS AND EXCELLENCE. AND A PROJECT THAT IS SUCCESSFUL IS ONE THAT DEALS WITH EVERY QUANTITATIVE ASPECT OF A PROJECT. A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE SUCCESS 68 BUT VERY FEW OF THEM ARE EXCELLENT. AND WHERE WE FIND THAT GAP IS IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROJECT THAT CONTAINS ENOUGH QUALITY TO BALANCE ITSELF WITH THE QUANTITY, AND ALSO ONE THAT EXUDE AS MEMORY, ONE THAT IS -- EXUDES A MEMORY, ONE THAT SOMEBODY ENDURING. TODAY WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE EQUAL DAYTIVE DESIGN, -- QUANTITATIVE DESIGN. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THAT QUALITY. WE REALLY STARTED OUT LOOKING AT THE GREEN SITE AS A WAY TO TALK ABOUT FOUR MAIN ISSUES. FIRST, THE CONTEXT AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. SECOND, THE CONNECTIVITY AND CONVERGENCE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE. THIRD, THE PUBLIC REALM, AND FOURTH, THE POTENTIAL FOR TRUE AUTHENTICITY. THE FIRST IS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTEXT IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN THE PICTURE YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT HERE WE WANTED TO ENSURE WE HAD ESTABLISHED A GATEWAY, A PORTION OF THE SITE THAT REACHES NORTHWARD AT NUECES AND CHAVEZ, THAT IS BOTH RESPECTFUL OF ITS FRONTAGE ON LADY BIRD LAKE AS WELL AS IT IS ICONIC, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE VIEWED FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THE LONG CENTER. IN ADDITION WE LOADED OUR HEIGHT AND DENSITY NORTH OF SECOND, AGAIN TO RESPECT THAT IDEA THAT THERE IS A CONDITION ON LADY BIRD LAKE THAT IS UNLIKE THE REST OF THE SITE. THIRD THAT OUR ATTACHMENTS, OUR CONNECTIONS TO SHOAL CREEK AND LADY BIRD LAKE ARE SUBTLE IN HUMAN SCALE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CULTURE IN AUSTIN, NOT SIMPLY THE TECHNICAL SIDES BUT WHAT DOES THIS GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LONG HAUL. THE SECOND PART,ION -- CONNECTIVITY AND CONVERGENCE IS REVOLVING AROUND A COUPLE KEY POINTS. FIRST, THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE HERITAGE TO WHAT MAKES AUSTIN SO SPECIAL, THE STATE CAPITAL, THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE CITY HALL, THE FUTURE PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTLY ACROSS SHOAL CREEK. NEXT, THE IDEA THAT WATER, WHICH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC PART OF AUSTIN, IS BROUGHT INTO THE PROJECT, NOT SIMPLY ANDED AROUND IT BUT INVITED IN AND EMBRACED. NEXT, THE STREET NETWORK, EVERYONE IS CONNECTING THE STREET GRID THAT IS IMPORTANT ACCESSING MOBILITY BUT HOW CAN WE CONVEY THE IDEA THAT THE STREETS ARE DELIVERED TO THE COMMUNITY AS THE PLACE WE CAN HAVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND BECOME THAT PLACE WE CAN THAT BE SOCIAL NERVOUS SERVICE. IT IS NOT JUST THE VEHICLE, IT IS ALSO THE LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKE WAY, THE TRAIL SYSTEM, TOWN LAKE TRAIL AND SHOAL CREEK TRAIL. IT IS THE CONNECTION OF THE PEDESTRIAN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES IN THE WOODS ALONG THE CREEK, UP INTO THE URBAN FABRIC. OUR FOCUS HAS REALLY BEEN ON EMBRACING THESE IDEAS AND HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY NOT JUST EXIST NEAR THEM BUT BRING THEM INTO THE PROJECT. I'LL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THE -- MATT TALKED A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOP. DEVELOPMENT, THE WAY WE ARE PER PERCEIVING THIS, THE BASE IS RETAIL. THERE IS AN OPTION OF RETAIL ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO GIVE OPTIMAL FLEXIBILITY TO RESTAURANTS, LARGER TENNANTS, ET CETERA. OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARKING EXIST ABOVE STREET AS WELL. FINALLY, THE RESIDENTIAL COME POINT THAT SITS ON TOP,ING THAT FRONTAGE ON LADY BIRD LAKE BUT OFFERING VIEWS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE URBAN FABRIC IN AUSTIN. SIMILAR THINGS HAPPEN ON THE SOUTHWESTERN BLOCK WITH RESIDENTIAL ABOVE RETAIL, HERE THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO STORIES OF RETAIL SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE A FANTASTIC USER, LIKE A MOVIE THEATER. FINALLY, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILD WE'VE GOT OFFICE ABOVE RETAIL AND ON THE WESTERN SIDE ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL PROJECT WHICH IS ALSO TALL AND VENDER TO AVOID CONFLICTING WITH -- AND VENDER TO AVOID CONFLICTING WITH THE BUILDING AROUND IT. THEN FINALLY, THE ECC SITE. IT IS A PERFECT FLIES PLACE TO HAVE A TRANSIT SPOT THAT RUNS UP AND DOWN THIRD AND CONNECTS TO THE REST OF THE PROJEC. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO HENRY, A PRINCIPAL WITH A VERY UNIQUE FROM TIME TO TIME BOWLED THEIR FOCUSES ON THAT PUBLIC -- UNIQUE FIRM FROM BOLDER THAT FOCUSES ON THE PUBLIC AND THOSE THAT VIS THINK THE SITE EVERY DAY.

THANKS, COLLIN. PLEASED TO BE HERE, I'M HENRY. A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE STREET LIGHTS OF THIS PROJECT, THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND SO FORTH AND WOULD THAT SUSTAINABILITY WERE ONLY A FUNCTION OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS OR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS OR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY TO US MEANS ENDURING. IT MEANS A PROJECT THAT LONG AFTER THE ARCHITECTURE HAS SETTLED DOWN, PEOPLE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THE PROJECTS AS DEAR TO THEM. IN THE SONG TONIGHT, I THINK I WILL GO DOWNTOWN, WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE HOPE THAT THIS IS THE GLASS COMES TO MIND WHEN HE SING -- WE HOPE THIS IS THE PLACE THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN HE SINGS THAT SONG. THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THOSE THAT LIVE DOWNTOWN AND IF IT REACHES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY FURTHER, IT BEGINS TOEN GAUGE NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE BUT IN OUR OPINION WE HOPE TO DRAW SOME TENANTS, SOME PEOPLE THAT NEED TO COME BACK HERE AND THEY WILL COME BACK HERE BECAUSE THEY LOVE WHAT THIS PLACE IS. THAT IS OUR MISSION AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO. I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THIS EXTRAORDINARY INTERSECTION. NOW, THERE IS NO SECOND AND SHOAL CREEK IS AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION BUT WE VIEW IT AS ONLY ONE IMPORTANT INTERSECTION. WE THINK THAT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IS A PROJECT THAT HAS 360 degrees OF OPPORTUNITY. IN OUR PLAN, EVERY SINGLE CORNER IS AMPLIFIED AND OPTIMIZED TO BE AN INTENSELY ATTRACTIVE LOCATION FOR A FIRST CLASS TENANT, WHETHER IT IS LOCAL OR REGIONAL OR ONE OF OUR PURVEYORS OF GREAT FOOD, LOCAL FOOD, THESE CORNERS ARE THE WINDOWS THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO LOOK DEEP ALONG THE PROJECT. YOU GET THAT WONDERFUL PROSPECT, A FULL TWO-BLOCK LENGTH AS WE TALKED EARLIER, AS COLLIN MENTIONED, WE HAVE KIND OF A GESTURE WHERE TWO BUILDINGS ACCUMULATE INTO SOMETHING THAT IS OF A SCALE WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME IN THE CITY AND I THINK THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE GESTURE MAKE THAT THE MOMENT. IT IS NOT JUST A GATEWAY, IT IS A PORTAL, AN INVITATION INTO THE PROJECT. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE VIEW DOWN SECOND STREET. THERE IS NO OUR INTENT IS TO STAND ON THE SHOULDERS THAT EVERYTHING ROMA DEVELOPED IN THE WONDERFUL GREAT STREETS PROGRAM BUT JUST AS YOU GO FROM GOOD GREAT, YOU CAN GO FROM GREAT TO GRAND AND WE INTEND TO DO THAT IN THIS PROJECT. THE ADDITIONAL LAYERS THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED IN TERMS OF PLANT MATERIAL, NOT JUST THE MATERIALALLITY, BUT THE TEXTURES AND PLANTS AND QUALITY OF LIGHT WHERE YOU SIT IN THE SHADE AND ARE PROTECTED FROM THE SUN IN THE ENVIRONMENT THIS IS ALL VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SHADE IS OUR GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SOLAR POWER, I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS SHADE POWER. PEOPLE LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE BUT WHAT THEY MEAN IS THEY WANT TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE SHADE. THEY WANT TO BE ON THE PORCH. PRICE WROTE AN INCREASABLE BOOK CALLED OUT ON THE PORCH AND IT IS A NOVEL ABOUT THAT TRANSITIONAL SPACE BETWEEN BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND THAT IS WHERE ALL THE MAGIC HAPPENS IN A CULTURE AND FAMILY. THE CONVERSATIONS, BRENDA LEE SANG ABOUT IT IN THAT SONG, COME IN, DARLING, THAT IS ENOUGH FOR TONIGHT. WE HAVE CREATED ALONG NUECES TWO FLANKING DEEP SHADE PORCHES, THAT ENVELOP THE COMMUNITY THAT INVITE PEOPLE TO DWELL. DWELL TIME IS THE HOLY GRAIL FOR US, WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY AND THE WAY YOU GET THEM TO STAY IS MAKE THEM AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN. THIS ISN'T ABOUT STREET FURNITURE OR A GRID OF TREES THIS IS ABOUT A RELAXES INFORMAL OCCASIONAL AND CULTURALLY INVITING PLACE. IT IS IN CLUESIVE, NOT EXCLUSIVE. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE IN AN EVENING, THOSE WOODEN SURFACES WERE UP LIT AND THIS IS THE WARMEST PLACE TO SIT IN TOWN. WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CORNER A BIT MORE. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITIES ON THE SOUTHWEST BLOCK TO CREATE A THEATER EXPERIENCE OR A COMMUNITY SPACE EXPERIENCE OR SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE ON THE SECOND LEVEL ON THE SOUTH BLOCK, WHERE IF YOU'VE GOT A PREFUNCTIONARY OR COMMUNITY EVENT, A PLACE YOU ARE UP ON THE SECOND LEVEL, POISED ABOVE THE STREET, YOU CAN LOOK OUT OVER LADY BIRD LAKE, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR A FUNDRAISER OR PARTY OR PLACE TO STOP AND WAIT FOR THE MOVIES TO BEGIN. WE HAVE A GESTURE THERE, WE'RE NOT JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM THE CITY, THIS URBAN ENVIRONMENT TO THE ARCADIAN ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE,ER INVITING THEM TO COME UP FRONT WATER AND JOIN INTO THE PROJECT SO THAT IS AS WE POINTED OUT, WE TOO HAVE HUGHED TO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO THE GREAT STREETS PROBLEM BUT WE HAD AN IDEA TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE A LITTLE BIT AND THOUGHT WE WOULD SHARE IT WITH YOU. THAT IS, WE BELIEVE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE THE MOST SPECTACULAR CIVIC MOMENT AS THIS EXTRAORDINARY INTERSECTION OF THE NORTH/SOUTH ACCESS OF NUECES AND SEE DOLLAR CHAVEZ. I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS, IF LADY BIRD LAKE IS THE GRAND BALL ROOM THIS IS THE FOYER. [ONE MOMENT PLEASE FOR CHANGE IN CAPTIONERS]

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WAS IN THE HILL COUNTRY, ON PEDERNALES OR THE GUADALUPE, AND THE WONDERFUL ABILITY TO WALK OUT FROM THE SHORE TO THE ROCKS AND OUT INTO THE WATER. COLIN IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

IN FIVE SECONDS. [ LAUGHTER ]

THANK YOU. [ BUZZER SOUNDS ] FIRST QUARTER IT PLEASES, CAN WE GO -- IF IT PLEASES CAN WE GO TWO MORE MINUTE?

NO.

I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO GREG.

HE WAS EXCITED THERE. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WANT TO EARN AND REEARN THE RIGHT TO BE YOUR MASTER DEVELOPER ON GREEN, AND WE ASK YOU FOR THE BUSINESS. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF A GREAT PROJECT HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Mayor Wynn: THANK YOU. SO WHILE THE CATELLUS TEAM BREAKS DOWN, WE'LL ALLOW A FEW MONEY FOR FOREST CITY RESIDENTIAL GROUP TO SET UP.

Mayor Wynn: OKAY, FOLKS. IF YOU COULD EITHER QUIET DOWN OR TAKE YOUR CONVERSATION OUT IN THE FOYER, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. WE NOW WILL RESET THE CLOCK FOR 30 MINUTES. AGAIN, FOLKS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATION OUT IN THE FOYER, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS TO HEAR FROM. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL SET THE CLOCK FOR 30 MINUTES AND TURN IT OVER TO THE FOREST CITY TEAM.

THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS DAVID LEVEE AND I'M WITH FOREST CITY. AND I WANTED TO START BY SAYING SOMETHING THAT THE CATELLUS GENTLEMAN SAID. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT PROPOSITION TO SELECT ONE GREAT DEVELOPER. YOU CANNOT TAKE THAT OBLIGATION LIGHTLY. YOU HAVE A VERY COMPLICATED SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE EXECUTED. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE WHEN IT'S FINISHED A COST OF PROBABLY OVER $600 MILLION, AND A VALUE HOPEFULLY MUCH GREATER THAN THAT. SO THE CHOICE IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT ONE FOR YOU, AND I DO NOT ENVY YOUR TASK IN FRONT OF YOU. I AM NOT THE LAWYER, BUT I AM FROM OUT OF TOWN. I'M FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO AND I'M WITH FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES AND I THOUGHT I WOULD TALK A LITTLE ABOUT OUR COMPANY AND WHAT OUR COMPANY DOES. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE HAVE AN URBAN FOCUS THAT WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN REVITALIZING URBAN CENTER'S ACROSS AMERICA. WE'VE BEEN IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON. HAVE NOT BEEN IN AUSTIN. WE HOPE TO BE. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME A FEW MINUTE TOGETHER TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE DO. AS I SAY TO MY CHILDREN, I SAY IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S WHAT YOU DO. AND THAT ULTIMATELY IS THE CHOICE THAT COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE. IT'S NOT THE PRETTY PICTURES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FROM US TODAY, AND YOU'VE SEEN A TON OF NICE PICTURES BEFORE US. OURS ARE TERRIFIC. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME AFTER US. SO IT'S NOT WHAT WE SAY, IT'S WHAT WE DO. IT'S NOT THE PRETTY PICTURES TODAY, IT'S THE CAPABILITY OF THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO TACKLE COMPLEX URBAN PROBLEMS ON THE URBAN LANDSCAPE AND SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTE IT. SO WITH THAT I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GROUP. I WENT THE WRONG WAY ALREADY. I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS. DID I MESS THIS UP. THIS IS FOREST CITY. WE'RE AN 85-YEAR-OLD COMPANY. WE'VE BEEN A PUBLIC COMPANY SINCE 1969. THE COMPANY IS CONTROLLED BY THE RATNER FAMILY WHO FOUNDED THE COMPANY IN 30'S AND THEY ARE THE PRINCIPAL OF THE COMPANY TODAY. WE ARE A C CORPORATION. WE ARE NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE. THE MONEY THAT WE EARN WE PLOW BACK INTO OUR BUSINESS, INTO OUR ASSETS. WE HOLD OUR ASSETS. WE DON'T SELL THEM. WE BECOME PARTNERS WITH CITIES, AS YOU WILL SEE, AND WE BECOME LANDOWNERS IN CITIES AND WE BECOME GOOD NEIGHBORS IN CITIES. WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 60 YEARS. WE HAVE THREE MAJOR OPERATING DIVISIONS, A RESIDENTIAL DIVISION, A RETAIL DIVISION AND AN OFFICE BUILDING DIVISION. RESIDENTIALLY WE HAVE ABOUT 35,000 UNITS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN UNDER DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE PROGRAMS. WE'VE BUILT ABOUT 25 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF MALL OR NOW ENCLOSED LIFE-STYLE, AND WE'VE BUILT ABOUT NINE TO 10 MILLION SQUARE FOOT OF OFFICE. AGAIN, ALL THAT WE OWN OURSELVES. WE DO SOME DEALS WITH PARTNERS, BUT GENERALLY IT'S OUR CAPITAL. THE DECISIONS, THE INVESTMENT DECISIONS ARE FOREST CITY'S, IT'S THE RATNER FAMILY, IT'S NOT WALL STREET PENSION FUNDS. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE DECISION. IT'S IMPORTANTS ON TO WHO YOUR PARTNER IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE IT WILL BE A PARTNER. THIS IS SOME OF THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOME OF THE ASSETS WE OWN. I'M GOING TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THEM. THIS IS STAPLE TON. YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THIS. THIS IS THE LARGEST SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY IN AMERICA. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S THE LARGEST REHAB OUT OF OF BAGHAD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE ANYMORE. IT IS A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. IT IS A NEW URBANISTIC COMMUNITY. PETER CAPITAL WAS OUR LAND PLANE. WE STARTED IT IN 2009. WE HAVE BUILT AND SOLD OVER 2,000 HOMES, 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE. WE'RE ABLE TO DO A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND STAPLE TON REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. WE HAVE OVER 500 ACRES OF PARKS. IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. COME SEE IT. COME SEE IT. THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A SERIES OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, TOBACCO WAREHOUSES THAT HAD OUT LIVED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. WE ROBERTED ALL OF THEM -- WE HASN'TED ALL OF THEM. IT'S TAKEN US 10 YEARS TO DO IT. WE HAD PROBLEMS. IT'S A VALUE OF OVER $200 MILLION TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND. THIS IS A PROPERTY WE BUILT IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MIT, MAYBE THE MOST DIFFICULT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO DEAL WITH. IT'S ON LEASED LAND. A LITTLE 75-YEAR LAND LEASE. AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CITIES. WE DO PROJECTS WITH CITIES, BUT UNIVERSITIES ARE REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL HERE. IT WAS A 20-YEAR DEVELOPMENT. TOOK US A LOT OF TIME. WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE MARKET TO CATCH UP WITH US. COME SEE IT. IT'S GREAT. IT'S GREAT. CENTRAL STATION IN CHICAGO, IT'S LAND -- IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CHICAGO, IS SOUTH OF GRAND PARK, NORTH OF MECHANIC PLACE, WEST OF SOLDIER FIELD. EAST OF MICHIGAN AVENUE. WE BOUGHT THE LAND, IT WAS A RAILROAD. WE MESSED IT UP. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BACK OFFICE SPACE. WE GUESSED WRONG. WE WERE 100% WRONG, BUT BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMPANY, BECAUSE OF OUR ACCESS TO CAPITAL MARKETS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE PRESSURE FROM WALL STREET INVESTORS AND BECAUSE OF THE CROSS-POLICY NATION OF WHAT WE DO, WE TOOK WHAT GOING TO BE A BACK OFFICE SPACE AND TURNED IT INTO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. IT'S NEARLY BUILT OUT TODAY AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RESIDENTIAL