all right we'll call the meeting to order please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance [Music] States good evening everyone Tom take the roll call please mayor King present council member large Austin pres council
member posma pres Baker yep basin present Fisher present pusta present Hy present we have a quorum your honor thank you Tom item number one is a motion for the adoption of the agenda so moved second all in favor I opposed motion carries item number two is a
motion approving our minut from July 1st 20124 meeting so moved second all in favor I I opposed motion carries item number three is a motion for the consent agenda so moved second all in favor I
opposed that motion carries uh under public hearings uh item number four is a resolution reviewing the tax abatement application from Bigalow and Lenin construction for approval or denial of a tax abatement Craig thank you mayor members this is at 1813 Place Northeast in Nature's Ridge
Subdivision estimated value of $330,000 uh the uh submission is in conformance with our adopted policy and this is a public hearing uh anybody hear from the public wishing to speak on this matter if not Council any questions or
concerns or comments motion to approve second uh Tom council member posma I Baker yep Basin I fiser hi pusta hi Kelly I council member at large Austin
hi resolution passes 70 you're on thank you Tom all Center public hearing is item number five resolution for public hearing to amend the Tiff District number 16 mil on Main Craig thank you mayor members I'll kick this off Nate stencil proposing a phase two to his mill on Main project the first phase had
93 units uh Phase 2 proposes 103 units uh this would be the same style as phase one and R run along Seventh Place Northwest uh with a leg going north um an entrance back off 8th Avenue uh uh
20.6 million in construction value uh this is an amendment to the existing Tiff number 16 um which was effective payable 2024 and otherwise I'll turn it over to Mr Daner to give you more of the financial details thanks Craig Tom so in essence
what this Tiff plan amendment is doing is not expanding the location this the parcels are all still together but what it does it allows us to amend the budget for the additional Revenue coming in for the new apartment building and also to allow for payment back to the developer
for a developer rebate same um same rate as we had in phase one which would would allow for a 4% interest rate on the on the um expenses he incurs which I believe are in the range of about $3.3 million so again what this public
hearing does is basically amends the budget for that Tiff District to allow us to then enter into a tax increment agreement with Mr stencil for the rebate of his uh tax increments 90% of his tax increments back to him so he can then build the facility because he needs
those increments as part of the construction financing okay thank you uh since public hearing anybody in the public here wishes to speak on this matter Nate welcome
uh uh thank you Mr Mayor uh fellow Council people um appreciate the opportunity to come here tonight and uh speak to you all um we're thrilled with doing business in Austin um for quite a while now I don't even know how many years but uh We've we've uh really
enjoyed being part of the community um this first phase that has been open now for about a year not quite a year um when we we first uh came in to do that project um little bit of an unknown kind of going into the down closer into the
downtown area and um Project's been very successful it's been fun to to see um kind of the difference in um you know the renter um compared to like our Flats at uh Flats on 21 to the mill on Main
project um a good amount of crossover but but um also kind of a a new part of the market that we were missing at the other property um it's been fun to to see and capture a lot of people that we consistently hear that you know I have a job in Austin I want to be in Austin but
there's there was nothing that that really fit my needs in Austin um we have a a ton of that at that property um and and we have a weight list of additional people that that want that type of living um so we're we're really excited about
the potential for this phase two and uh kind of due to the the economic conditions of the higher interest rates um construction costs really aren't aren't dropping as much as we would like to see um in this environment um you know now more than ever these projects
need this Gap assistant to uh to even have a shot at getting them done so um we're confident we can get this done and um we're really excited for uh a potential phase two so thanks Nate appreciate your commitment to the untaken risk on Austin it seems to be paying off nicely so yeah
it's a great community and uh if you guys have any questions in regards to anything please feel free to ask Council questions for Nate no question but I would just I mean first of all thank you for you know Echo what the mayor said um for taking the risk in Austin and doing
business and exactly what you said is what we've heard with employees whether it's hormell or teachers and it's the I want to be in Austin and now they're in in Austin and I've heard very very good things about mil on main one and very very supportive that this is the right thing to do for the community for phase
two right great appreciate that I just Echo that I actually met a couple who are in town she here with hormell and born and raised in Romania has lived in Singapore he's from LA and they were just talking about how great Milan main was I'm like that's just really kind of
cool um I'm just kind of curious because I'm sure what we'll get asked a lot what's the timeline on the breakr and the expected completion so um tonight obviously was a a big uh piece to getting this going forward um if all goes well uh I think it's very realistic
that we could be you know kind of late September mid October at the latest um for getting this going which would put us uh so get my ears right so um be the first part of 26 it'll open so just after January and
26 right in that time frame um and one other item that I was going to kind of mention um what we've seen too at Millan main one compared to millon main 2 or what we've made an adjustment for is is we've seen a lot more people like what what you had just um mentioned Michael
but uh you know a little more family or a couple that is that is looking for the apartment type living so so we're making an adjustment in phase two we have less Studio units we have more twoed two bath units and then we've introduced a three
bed two bath path style um because we've heard that a lot and I think they're lacking within the community so that is an adjustment that we've made um on the unit mix so exciting very good thank you Nate any other any other questions Mr senel just a quick question Tom the
first of all I appreciate the you doing this um it's a great idea you know helping helping a private organization reduce risk of investment is what we should be doing as a city um so I I'll absolutely vote in favor of this but okay so I look at this Tom and it looks
like the theoretical tax cost or tax burden of this is greater on the city than it is on the school district I now it's much less on the county but you've got a much larger tax base there but shouldn't they
shouldn't this be about the same granted it's it's a theoretical ta incremental tax burden see tax increment allows us as a city with the tax INR District to capture all the taxes from the county the city and the school except referendum taxes so it's all
based on the tax capacity of the city the county and the school that creates the actual taxes for which then um we keep 100% of that tax increment and give him 90% backs so it's all going to be
based on tax levy City County school and tax capacity City County school as to what that end result will be right now last I checked I believe the um County's tax burden was 49% Ci's 55 schools 28%
based on the numbers here so the school district's Levy that goes to the citizens is considerably less based on their capacity than the city of Austin's are remember the Austin School District expands further than just the City of Austin but it's Sim it's a similar number isn't it I mean the Count's going
to be a much larger tax tax base than the but shouldn't the city and the school be similar um I based on our actual taxes I don't believe so in fact in their in their payable 21 schedule they've got the tax rate of the school
at 28 and ours at 55 almost ours almost double theirs um based on what the what the developer what the Baker and til has put together on this thank you very good anything on further Council anybody else in the uh Community
with listen to looking to speak if not looking for a resolution FR number five second Tom council member PMA I Baker absolutely bin I Fisher I asusta I Ellie
I council member large Austin I resolution passes 70 your honor excellent very good thank you again Stancil group appreciate that thank you that uh under petitions and requests item number six uh requesting approval of an ordinance repeal related to Metro
net uh contract repeal I'm assuming CRA now thank you mayor members we'll take six and seven kind of together in the explanation uh Metronet prefers to move to a fiber only system and do away with the Cable packages uh with most moving to streaming and uh they're offering
fiber uh so what they've asked for us to do is to discontinue the franchise agreement that we entered into them it maintains the iru agreement which provides fi fiber to the dedicated fiber to the public works facility wastewater
treatment plant and nature center uh that's through 2036 with a 15-year renewal uh option for us uh maintains the pole attachment agreement that we've entered into uh the RightWay agreement settlement that uh Mr Lang brought
forward when we had some problems with the install uh unpaid fees and then cover all our cost and fees related to the um action here tonight so with that we would ask Council to repeal our existing ordinance that was entered into
with Metronet and then approve the settlement agreement following be happy to answer any questions Council any questions for Mr Clark on this Craig how does this like do we feel like repealing this takes away a lever that
we have over Metron n the reason I ask is I've heard from a number of folks around the community who have been incredibly disappointed with their level of service with their ability to repair things with the timeliness of responsiveness do we need to keep this
in place until we can feel like we've got like they're willing to live up to kind of their end of the bargain or does this have nothing to do with that I mean the RightWay issues that were a concern are still something that we are cognizant of and inclusive in the settlement agreement
our bluntly speaking our leverage over this area is just increasingly diminished um so telecommunication law allows them access into our RightWay so long as they abide by our RightWay Provisions they have a guaranteed right
so there's no equal ability for us to have a franchise um over fiber because that's governed under telecommunications law um so to main to force them to maintain offering a cable subscription is a
option with without much leverage because you know okay yeah they still have to provide cable service well it's you know $1,000 a month I mean they they don't won't be marketing it you know there's really no effective way for us
to hold that leverage over them on the cable side because they've moved to the fiber so I think that's how I mean I share a lot of your same concerns but this is probably the best that we could hope for um um moving
forward Craig I think you you kind of touched base on it you know they they have a right to the access of the RightWay mhm but they've let left a lot of disrepair they didn't you know come back
fill holes and and that kind of thing is that going to be part of this settlement or how are we approaching that yes um that's still in the agreement so the references to the um memorandum of
understanding that we have with them so they're still uh agreeing to comply with those terms is there a time frame on that uh Mr Lange can you help me with that one
uh just thinking about their requirements as part of that memorandum of standing or agreement I believe the biggest outstanding item with them is televising and then subsequent repair
if they find any damage to our storm and tile lines um in our meeting we had with them last week they indicated that work would be uh televising would be starting here in the next few months so we expect that portion which was a big portion
from the city of Austin standpoint for what uh what followup was needed I know Austin utility still has concerns about uh Nicks to their Gas and Electric System and um the representative that we
talk with at the meetings ensures us that they will um still be here they will stand behind those necessary repairs so that's the information and feedback that we're getting from the folks that we meet with from the construction side which includes like Joyce was mentioning the boulevards that
are still tore up own town and backyards and correct yep if anybody has any questions or concerns about their yard specifically just let us know in the engineering department and we will let um Metronet know and to my knowledge they've been pretty receptive in getting
those addressed in a timely manner thank you very good thank you Stephen and correct thanks for your work on this um metronut will still be a player in the community just with internet no longer doing cable or TV if you just think of
it terms of the Cable packages subscription you know you'll subscribe to Hulu which is a streaming service as opposed to a cable package they were always delivering via fiber rather than actual know coax cable but it was it's
more of the packages it'll be through streaming services rather than okay cable very good thank you anything else Council yeah can I ask just one more question MH if we voted this down or tabled it for a couple months does it give you Stephen
or you Craig any more opportunity to maybe make them be good on their works I know they said hey we're going to stand behind it we're going to be good I don't know that that's the experience that members of our community have had and I'm just wondering like I'm not really in a great mood to
give them favors at this point until they've like we feel good that they've made good on their word or is this just that we could vote it down it feels good and it doesn't make much of a difference you know this has been some negotiation with their attorney right
Greg and um yeah and um so I think this might be the best deal we got right and we use um Brian Grogan is who we use for our legal representation he's has expertise in um this field and represents a lot of different cities
I I mean we certainly could postpone it to the next meeting and could have him join us if you like I I think that's probably the answer is probably more on the ladder of what you okay pred but I mean certainly Council can express that and vote no and we'll carry it forward
as such so all right Council anything further on the item number six otherwise looking for a motion um for 6A preparation of the ordinance or otherwise wow silence I I guess my feeling is that
holding up this process isn't really going to give us any leverage and it might throw some some wrenches in the works for um our staff and our reputation is Fai you know negotiating in good faith so
although I agree with Jason's concerns that this particular business has not done done right necessarily by Austin residence I would move to approve okay got a motion for the uh preparation of the ordinance Laura is
there a second second uh Tom they all in favor on that one I I opposed n n me okay Tom want to take the role please all right uh motion by council member
heli seconded by council member at large Austin to approve the preparation of the ordinance so an I vote is in favor of such council member posma nay Baker nope
Basin nay Fisher nay pusta nay heli I council member large Austin I motion fails 52 your honor so I have number six be adoption of the ordinance I'm assuming that's just going to be a we're going to table this and or put it
on the next um Mr Byam should they make a motion to table it so we don't have to read advertise in the newspaper and do all those things yeah my recommendation in that in this sort of situation is that you continue does this say this is this is a notice like published matter publish for
theal so continue the consideration to the next stated meeting that way you don't have to Reen notice and republish and send thanks I'll make that motion to continue to the next meeting second all in favor I opposed all right that motion carries
we'll continue that for next meeting item number seven is resolution approving a settlement agreement with Metronet then that assume will be tabled as well I move that we table that to the next meeting second all in favor I opposed motion carries item number eight requesting approval of the ordinance
related to simpa Tom I see Austin utilities has members here Mark NY Bauer and Alex mum Gardner but the last work session they went through the process that they would like to um am or create an ordinance approve
an ordinance to allow them to extend the existing power sales contract through April 1st 20150 right now the current contract expires in 2030 um this does require an ordinance because of the length of it and I think they're certainly here to answer any questions you may have all
right took a pretty deep deep dive last on July 1st meeting but council is there any uh questions or concerns and Alex or or Mark if you're willing to need to talk that'd be fine too no I don't think we need to present
anything at this point but we surely happy to answer questions well Council any questions or looking for a motion for it number 8A preparation so moved second all in favor I opposed the motion carries item number 8 B uh we need an ordinance for the adoption so moved
second Tom council member postma hi Baker you bet Basin hi Fisher hi pusta I Kelly I council member at large Austin I ordinance passes 70 your honor very good
8C is a resolution for summary publication of the ordinance so moved second Tom council member PMA hi Baker hi Basin hi Fisher hi pusta I Hy I council member
at large Austin I resolution passes 70 your honor thank you I number nine is a motion uh reviewing offence appeal from Michael and Holly Flanders Holly uh mayor and council members during the July 9th 2024 meeting of the Austin Planning Commission the commission reviewed a fence appeal submitted by the
petitioner at 1111 7th Street Northwest for a proposed 6 foot privacy fence installed on the property line of the rear side yard uh the property is located on a corner lot in City ordinance requires a 122t setback from the property line for privacy fences on Corner side uh lot sidey yards after
review of seven P Planning Commission members present the commission recommended approval uh with the condition that the fence be 14 ft from the alley the vote was uh 7 to0 this recommendation comes after uh discussion of the impacts on neighbor and properties public RightWay review of practical difficulties and
reasonableness of the parest any questions thank you h questions for Miss Wallace otherwise looking for a motion for it number nine so moved to approve motion to approve is there a second second all in favor I I
opposed that motion is carried item number 10 is a motion uh reviewing a sign appeal from the Moose 701 Properties LLC Lance P approve or deny a sign appeal request Holly yes this is uh property is located
at 7011 18th Avenue Northwest you would know as games people play during the July 9th 2024 meeting of the Austin Planning Commission the commission reviewed a sign appeal to add a 10 foot X 4ot internally lit signed to the rear of the building to advertise horal brand
merchandise uh there's currently existing just a small sign on the door indicating the retail location uh the building is split into to um two sections essentially uh one facing 18th Avenue and one facing 17th Avenue Northwest
um the uh each occupant of a building may have one freestanding and one wall sign uh but they must be facing a public Street or alley uh and then again in this instance there's no Street or alley Frontage uh to the sou to the South
um uh the uh Willow Pet Hospital is directly to the rear um and you can see across to 17th Avenue Northwest um The Sign May cover up to 15% of the face of the building in this instance the coverage will be 2% the back of the
building is quite large um after review a s planning Commissioners present uh the Planning Commission uh recommended 7 to Zer to approve the request um the recommendation comes from a discussion of the impacts on neighboring properties public RightWay review of practical
difficulties and reasonableness of the partitioners requested use finding that there are exceptional extraordinary circumstances applicable to the property or to the intended use that do not apply generally to other property in the same vicinity and Zoning District the variance is necessary for preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property
right possessed by other property in the same vicinity and Zone but which is denied to the property in question that the strict application of the ordinance would constitute an undue hardship hardship and the granting of the variants would not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in the vicinity of the Zone
in which the property is located you have any questions Council any questions I'm Number 10 if not looking for a motion deny to approve motion to approve in a second uh all in favor I opposed abstain got be
difficult sorry Tom you want to do roll on that motion by council member Baker second by council member pusta to approve or deny or to approve the sign request and I vote is in favor of such council member posma I Baker yes Basin
abstain fiser i p hi Hy I council member large Austin I motion passes 60 with one abstaining on very good item number 11 is a resolution approving a Whitewater project uh preliminary design proposal Mitch uh
good evening mayor and Council um as we've discussed previously at Council meeetings earlier this year um we talked about the next steps for the Whitewater project um in January the council approved uh allocating $25,000 towards preliminary design which is the next
step in the process um since then we have been notified from the horal foundation that we've received a $42,000 uh Grant uh to go towards that um um design work and in addition we've received uh private donations from horal Foods in the amount of $10,000 uh the
Eagles Club for $77,000 and from Runnings for $1,000 uh giving us a total uh funding amount of $85,000 and uh the work for the preliminary design um will cost us 8357
uh with City in kind services in the form of um surveying the site itself um the work on preliminary design will just expand on the work that was done with the feasibility Study last year so
they'll look at um the geotechnical information uh the water level data that we're currently collecting they'll expand on the preliminary preliminary design work um we find the cost estimates and look at the flood plane a little further in everything just in more detail and this will get us to the
point where we can have further discussions with permitting agencies um funding agencies um and it's really our our next step that we can make a decision to either continue to press forward with final design and construction or say hey this isn't for
us and stop so kind of need this information to make that decision very good thank you Mitch uh Council any questions for Mitch what's the city portion again uh in January the council committed
$25,000 and the total now is 80 83,5 75 and we have how much 7 we've we currently have $85,000 in funds committed um so 60,000 from outside
sources and 25,000 from the city itself so this step is not costing the city any additional right now just the 25,000 that was previously committed yes very good thank you Mitch any other questions for Mr winam Mitch only other
question that I've got is you know with the dam in Mano that went down does this project take even on even a higher sense of urgency to make sure that we still control our own destiny with the dam yeah yeah in a sense you know right now there's no reports that we have that say
our dam is in you know imminent fa not imminent failure but um structurally unsound in any way M um but you know flood events happen and things change you know the dam is currently over 100 years old so their lifespan you know
it's it's getting towards the end of it so at some point in time something will need to be done whether it's this project or putting some money into the existing Dam or doing something different um at some point we'll have to cross that bridge thank you uh if no further questions for Mitch
I'll take a resolution for item number 11 approving uh the Whitewater project put redesign proposal Z moved second Tom council member PMA hi Baker the resident nonone
Visionary votes [Laughter] no b i Fisher bisha I'll go again this time I Hy I council member at large Austin I
resolution passes 61 your thank you tomm surfboard I have number 12 is resolution accepting uh donations to the City of Austin and they are these two $236 donor is the Spam Museum for the downtown uh conversation benches $115,000 from the horal charitable trust
for the Fourth of July activity we appreciate those uh those folks giving their money to City of Austin looking for resolution accept moved second Tom council member posma hi Baker you bet
abstain Fisher hi vusta hi Kelly hi council member large Austin I resolution passes 60 with one abstaining your honor thank you on to Citizens addressing the council is anyone in the audience wishing to speak to Council on matters that weren't on the agenda if not moving on to honorary
Council uh unfortunately Isaac is not here with us today his grandmother passed so he made a note to Joyce he cannot make it we send our condolences to Isaac and his family uh reports recommendations correct I don't have one but Mr Sean has a few items all right
Jason be and Council um just wanted to let you know of two parks and rec sponsored events coming up this week they are both free uh Thursday we have a quanis free track meet this is for all uh youth ages three and up at Westcott
field 5:30 p.m. we will start the field events and then 6:15 we'll do running events again that's free that's this Thursday also on Friday is our annual free family fun night at Austin Municipal Pool um also Parks and Rec sponsor sponsored um so from 7: to 9:00
p.m. this Friday evening you can come by the pool for free there'll be music watermelon races uh hula hoop contests Cannonball contests and other activities uh to enjoy so we hope that people uh join our great talented parks and wreck
team and uh have some fun this week very good good thank you Jason hon to see Council Laura start with you um I want to say thank you to folks who've been patient with uh various playgrounds in the parks that are closed because of flooding um my understanding is that
we're removing contaminated sand and replacing it with wood chips this week starting this week so you may you may see your favorite Park uh back online as early as this week um I also want to mention that National Night Out is
planned for August 6 um which is 4 to S at bans shell Park um of course our law enforcement and fire department will be there and it's a nice night to come out and see your neighbors um and then finally uh I've had some folks contact me about um various
violations uh that they see in their neighborhood whether it would be junk garbage um uh excessive weeds or unmown grass and I just want to point out that on the City of Austin website you can fill out a form to report a violation there's a little purple
box middle of it about halfway down uh the the splash page there that says report of violation and it does allow you to upload a photo so you can take a photo on on your phone that'll go to the right Department to handle it um sometimes if you call into City Hall and
start at one department they might have to send you to a different one because weeds get handled by um Park and wreck and um junk violations get handled by public works so it can be confusing the form's pretty um easy and foolproof and
it's a good way to start the process so just wanted to share that excent thanks Laura Mike uh yeah a couple things um it's great to hear more um multif family units coming for Austin it's probably been the biggest success
since I've been on Council the almost one full term is just the amount of multif family that we've been able to add and Pro the demand on that note first and third apartments are rolling along um you've probably noticed they're almost done being painted and they should be completed I think around the
end of August so it'll be great to get that um online as well um as far as visitors in Austin and what's happening with discover Austin a great weekend with the regional swim meet um and we
had hundreds of Youth swimming in our olympic size pool as well as 20 24 teams here for Youth Baseball um it was so busy in Austin in our parks and pool that there from what I understand there was no hotel rooms in town some of those
folks were actually W to stay in Austin and had to stay elsewhere and come in so just kudos to everybody who made that happen it was great to see downtown so busy um I definitely want to make sure that I give a sincere thank you to the
Chamber of Commerce for their fourth of July parade that they hold every year that is a huge Endeavor as well as the Austin enhancement Group which is a group of amazing volunteers who put on an awesome freedom Fest that weather seems to taunt them every year and make their life difficult um but it was a
great event this year with amazing fireworks so we appreciate that uh and then just lastly question for Jason you mentioned Cannonball contesters there an age limit on that how have a good shot all right photos we want hey what are we
doing with uh mosquito brand one down one to go yes please none down um we're just struggling to make connection with the company that has worked with us for many years um not finding a window with them
uh continue to reach out to them to try to get something scheduled but as of yet we have not sprayed for mosquitoes and some would obvious has it been rained out have you been scheduled and rained out early on before the the 4th of July there were nights scheduled and they they couldn't get here they were on
their way weather changed since the 4th of July I just have not been able to connect with them been missing each other I don't know what the issue is but um if they have other irons in the fire that they're just not able to get here I've told them we are interested we still want to spray and I'm just not
getting connection with them good thank you yeah I think we're not alone in that thank you Jeff anything else Jee uh yes Library board meeting last week highlights of that was there will be a change of leadership coming at celco
library board uh the library did update several policies including use of the bulletin board postings and distribution of community information and sales solicitations petitioning and demonstrations summer reading signups at the Fourth Avenue Fest were
significantly higher than last year so they had to make more packets which is a good problem to have and the library has done some good work on the up coming budget proposal to be good fiscal stores for the community so we will be seeing that come forward to
us that's all I have very good thanks Jeff Jason yeah so two quick things one is I would Echo councilman post by July 4th I mean just one of the best events that we do all year and continue to hear really really positive feedback on that um the second is you know want to make a clear statement you know denouncing the
political violence that we saw this weekend and and make it clear that you know there's just no place for that in our democracy we are fine to disagree we will disagree on things as a council as a community as parties as a country but at the end of the day we make change
through voting we make change Through The Ballot Box we make change by making our voices heard and there's just simply no room for that and so condemn that in the strongest language and hope to see our country unite together here over the coming months as we head into election day absolutely thank you Jason Paul I
would like to thank uh chief mckin for setting me up with uh officer Osborne on the Friday night right along uh was had some went on some calls it was very informative he did a good job of explaining everything he was doing on the computer and and in calls and it was
it was uh I learned a lot so thank you very good thanks Paul Joyce I have nothing very good all right thank you I'd just like to uh say a few things and that just these last couple weeks of it just it doesn't surprise me I just want to highlight it to the folks that the amount of work that the city uh
employees and staff do and the amount of moving targets they have it just resonated a little bit more in the last couple weeks with the posos uh education and what's going on there um the amount of work that every city employee does to keep their eye on the ball uh bre with
her elections Craig with keeping it all together and just motivating and and doing these things that no one knows what's going on is absolutely amazing uh Park and W police officers had a standoff for a good 20 hours a few maybe a week ago uh could have ended poorly
Ended as it should uh very nicely based on those folks's talents and the amount of talent we have in the city of Austin as far as our staff because I'll put them up against any City in the in the whole state so I appreciate what you're doing it's it's uh it's I hope it means something to to the thank you I give you
but most of these things the public don't see and I appreciate all the work that's being done and we're going to go see after this meeting the work that's been done in our $105 million uh 100 year old wastewater treatment PL so that's uh kind of highlights it Echoes it even more and and to Mike's Point
with stenzel group and to learn that 75% of those people in those 91 or 93 unit Apartments have never lived in Austin before that's what we want to have facilities like that being built thank you Council for approving those things thank you for the Tom and the work on the Tiff and Craig on the work on the
Tiff to get those things happening for the citizens of Austin it's really remarkable if you take a look at what's been going on here the last several years so again kudos to the city staff on everything you do and with that we'll take a motion to adjourn to um I think I missed it I was I
supposed to talk when you said about the mic I didn't understand sure we can back it up you're just a citizen wanting to speak to the council just take sure name and address please Leonard thank you Leonard germer 1508
6th Avenue Northwest here in Austin my only problem is when are you going to turn the red lights on in the whole town they've been off for the blinking lights have been on forever I don't know how many times I've going up
to them and I start to go and somebody starts to go and I stop and we don't know who goes I mean what's the reason for lard what what's happened there is we had an assessment done over the course of what a year or so they've been blinking not broken they're blinking because they will be replaced with stop
signs there'll be four-way stops there so we did a Facebook messaging and the the overwhelming uh consensus was to remove those stop lights on Main Street so the one by Brick Furniture will be gone and the one by law enforcement will be gone and those will be four ways so the blinking red lights are getting
people to stop and go yeah I know I I just was wondering I think that's a bad idea that's I I appreciate that's your op I just when will they be removed you know do you have any idea we will we're working on that right now as we go through the budget when we can get funding to allocate toward
upgrading those intersections with um pedestrian crosswalks and four-way stops okay so I don't have an answer I'll have it in very good couple weeks thank you so lonard they're not broken they're just uh active on the on the Reds to get people to notice to stop and go I think that's a bad idea but thank you okay y
appreciate your concern thank you so looking for a motion to adjourn to August 5th so moved second all in favor I I opposed we're adjourned and we're going to drive ourselves out to uh wastewater treatment plant those that want to attend is special instructions just go out to where we always go