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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 6/15/20
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City of Austin, Minnesota
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C
A
Was
presented
at
the
work
session
by
hours
from
Clifton
Larson
Allen,
they
have
given
us
the
final
financial
statements.
That's
part
of
your
packet
as
part
of
the
year
and
audit
they
looked
at
attest.
The
transactions
looked
at
our
fund
balance,
looked
at
our
expenditures
and
revenues
and
gave
us
a
clean
audit
opinion.
Once
again,
our
fund
balances,
they
noted,
is
up
to
roughly
54
percent
of
expenditures,
which
is
slightly
above
our
42
to
48
percent
top
of
the
line,
the
48
percent.
A
But
again
we
have
about
a
half
million
dollars
of
carryover
expenditures
that
will
use
a
lot
of
that
excess
up
during
the
year.
The
others
did
not
have
any
findings
or
any
any
findings
on
legal
compliance,
and
we
did
not
require
a
single
audit
this
last
year
because
we
did
not
receive
over
750
grand
and
federal
funds
which
saved
us
some
audit
dollars,
we'd
recommend
council
approval.
A
F
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E
A
Since
the
investment
market
is
absolutely
horrible
right
now
and
we
have
excess
cash
because
those
of
our
investments
being
called
we've
worked
with
them
to
create
two
items
on
the
agenda,
wanted
to
be
alone
to
loan
money
from
our
general
fund
to
the
TIF
debt
service
fund,
which
is
has
certain
requirements
required
by
the
office
of
state
auditor.
To
allow
us
to
do
that.
That's
the
first
action
is
to
loan
money
from
general
fund
to
the
debt
service
fund,
a
TIF
debt
service
fund.
A
The
second
action
second
resolution
would
then
authorize
us
to
call
the
remaining
three
hundred
and
five
thousand
dollars
worth
of
TIF
bonds.
2009,
a
the
end
result
will
be
instead
of
taking
tax
increments
from
these
specific
parcels
and
paying
bondholders
upwards
of
four
percent.
We're
gonna
pay
them
off
right
now
with
no
interest
and
then
we'll
pay
ourselves
off
the
tax
increment
debt
service.
A
At
a
three
percent
rate,
so
in
the
end,
we're
gonna
probably
save
about
forty
thousand
dollars
over
the
life
of
the
remaining
remaining
life
of
the
bonds
and
paying
ourself
the
interest
as
opposed
to
paying
outside
bondholders.
So
that
in
mind,
I'd
request,
items
number
six
and
seven
be
approved.
The
first
one
would
be
the
loan
and
the
second
one
would
be
to
call
the
bonds
Thank.
C
C
B
Yes,
this
is
a
senior
deferral
application
from
a
street
assessment
project.
From
this
spring,
they
applied
for
the
senior
deferral
which
would
allow
them
to
defer
the
payments
on
their
property
until
it's
sold
or
they
don't
they
don't
meet
their
deferral
requirements
any
more.
The
terms
of
this
is
that
they
would
have
to
pay
interest
from
the
date
of
resolution,
so
interest
will
keep
occurring
with
the
senior
deferral,
so
I
would
request
you.
B
When
we
send
out
the
assessment
letters
we
sent
out
the
notice
that,
if
you're
65
years
of
age
or
older
and
meet
certain
income
requirements,
you
may
be
possible
eligible
for
senior
deferral.
So
we
have
people,
contact
us
and
then
Tom
sends
out
some
financial
information
to
them
that
they
have
to
fill
out,
and
then
we
bring
it
back
and
as
long
as
they
meet
the
financial
information,
then
it
would
be
deferred.
B
A
Member
haylie,
the
big
issues
of
the
keys
of
that
is,
you
have
to
be
homestead
property,
so
you
have
to
live
there
and
your
income
has
to
be
lower
than
the
low
to
moderate
income
is
set
by
HUD.
So
for
the
most
part,
if
you're
just
living
on
your
Social
Security,
you
easily
qualify
for
the
deferral,
but
as
an
noted
it's
with
interests.
We
always
like
to
say
that
the
individuals
that,
if
it
takes
ten
years
before
you
move
out
of
your
house
or
so.
E
E
C
H
The
Bruins
wrap
up
in
April
or
May
depending
upon
the
playoffs,
and
then
we
fired
up
get
the
ice
going
mid-august
for
preparation
of
their
fall
season.
We've
looked
at
it
several
different
ways.
As
far
as
the
cost
of
the
utilities.
There
are
revenues
the
Bruins
roughly
fifty
six
hundred
dollars
in
revenue,
and
there
are
some
other
rentals
that
have
during
the
summer
months,
but
with
the
costs
of
maintaining
the
ice.
G
H
I
D
Did
speak
to
mr.
Cooper
and
that
came
up
because
I
guess
that's
one
of
my
biggest
concerns
is
if
they
can't
have
the
camp
because
of
the
governor's
restrictions,
then
there's
no
point
in
putting
in
the
ice,
but
he
did
say
that
they,
the
early
camps
they
could
work
within.
Those
were
restrictions,
so
I
guess
that's
up
to
Council,
then
to
decide
whether
we
want
put
the
ice
in
for
him
or
not.
I
J
You
can't
ignore
the
problem
of
we've
closed
the
city
pool
down,
not
opening
that
up
and
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic,
we're
trying
to
also
save
costs.
So
you
got
costs.
There's
one
one
issue:
I'm
all
for
saving
thirty
thousand
dollars
not
have
summarize
I'm,
also
to
have
a
hard
time
answering
the
constituents.
It
would
say
how
come
you
closed
the
pool
that
you
open
the
ice
for
the
kids
I
think
that
would
be
tough
answer.
J
D
Now
the
governor's
restrictions
are
different
now
and
it
would
allow
for
these
camps
or
they
could
work
within
those
restrictions
and
have
the
camp's
so
I
guess
that
would
be
my
response
to
the
citizens
is
that
we've
got
to
make
these
decisions
based
on
what
we
know
at
that
time.
We
know
the
time
we
had
to
close
the
pool
I.
J
J
C
L
I
would
agree
on
two
levels:
one
is
from
a
public
safety
standpoint
and
two
is
that
you
know
I
think
when
we
make
these
budget
decisions
we
think
about
like
who
is
impacted.
This
is
impacting
a
pretty
narrow
sub
segment,
so
it's
essentially
a
quasi
subsidy
to
the
Bruins.
We're
a
small
group
of
people
are
impacted,
pretty
big
cost.
L
G
So
I
do
see
a
difference
between
the
pool
and
the
hockey
in
that
local
businesses,
like
our
hotels,
stand
to
to
gain
some
revenue,
which
is
much
needed
over
the
summer.
If
the
Bruins
are
able
to
do
their
programming
in
a
safe
way
and
on
my
math
I
think
the
actual
cost
that
we're
looking
at
is
closer
to
20,000
and
30,000.
This
really
only
eight
weeks
of
I
guess
it's
not
12
weeks
of
ice
that
we're
talking
about
it.
G
G
E
Yeah
I
kind
of
agree
with
everyone.
What
the
Cova
case
is
increasing.
We
have
a
lot
of
cases
that
have
kind
of
risen
in
the
last
two
weeks
alone
and
per
capita
with
us
being
number
two
in
the
state.
I
feel
like
summer
ice
really
isn't
worth
Public,
Health
and
I'd
love
to
see
it
going
because
we
really
need
some
things
like
this
right
now,
because
people
are
kind
of
into
the
end
of
you
know,
being
bored
and
not
having
much
to
do,
but
I
think
for
Public
Safety.
F
C
D
Thing
like
the
one
thing
that
mr.
Cooper
stressed
to
me
was
the
benefit
to
the
businesses
like
Miss
Ellie
mentioned.
You
know,
the
people
that
are
coming
to
these
camps
are
bringing
their
you
know
their
families
and
they're
staying
in
the
hotels
and
they're
eating
in
our
restaurants
and
they're
putting
gas
in
their
cars.
But
you
know
is
that
worth
the
health
risks,
I
guess
right
now,.
C
J
F
C
G
A
E
E
C
M
So,
with
mosquito
spraying,
similar
discussion,
maybe
some
different
viewpoints
looking
at
from
different
directions
than
the
previous
discussion
you
just
had,
but
for
a
mosquito
spraying
we
typically
spray
three
times
per
year
and
our
spraying
is
really
tailored
around
community
events
like
the
fourth
of
July
and
the
fair,
so
we'll
typically
spray
twice
right
before
the
fourth
of
July.
So
one
right
at
the
end
of
June
and
one
like
on
July
1st
someone
something
in
that
nature
and
then
we'll
also
spray
like
the
week
of
the
weekend
before
the
fair.
M
M
The
way
we
do
it
is
a
very
short-term
process
where
we
kill
any
adult
mosquitoes
that
are
currently
out
and
about
and
alive
during
the
night
of
the
spray
application,
but
it
does
not
have
any
residual
and
does
not
protect
against
mosquitoes
flying
in
from
outside
of
the
city
limits
or
mosquitoes
hatching
the
very
next
day,
soon
thereafter
and
a
lot
of
times
with
the
way
we
do
it.
We
have
a
quick
re
infestation
of
mosquitoes
soon
after
our
spraying
events.
M
So
with
that
in
looking
at
the
budget
and
planning
for
this
year,
we've
had
received
multiple
questions
about
mosquito
spraying
from
the
public
and
different
and
council
members
are
hearing
it
as
well.
So
we
wanted
to
bring
this
to
the
council
tonight
to
review
our
spraying
procedures,
and
if
we
want
to
do
anything
different
this
year
and
again,
based
on
how
we
have
done
it
in
the
past
and
based
on
it
being
event
related,
it
would
be
just
a
staff
recommendation
to
not
spray
based
on
how
we
currently
have
done
it
in
the
past.
M
We
haven't
sprayed
I
I'm,
not
aware
of
when
we
have
sprayed
by
plane.
It
may
have
been
many
many
years
ago,
but
in
the
20
years
I've
been
here,
it's
been
by
truck
when
the
city
used
to
do
it
ourselves,
it
was
by
truck
spraying,
takes
I,
think
there's
a
limited
amount
of
people
that
have
the
the
pilot's
license
to
be
able
to
do
it
by
spray
application.
So
the
ground
application
is
more
common.
Okay,.
E
I'm
kind
of
for
spraying
this
year,
I
know
it's
a
short-term
thing.
I
know
it's
twelve
thousand
for
the
three
times,
but
we're
really
encouraging
people
to
be
outside
more
right
now
and
I
know
being
out
in
the
parks.
I've
been
eaten
alive,
just
riding
my
bike,
so
maybe
getting
rid
of
a
few
mosquitoes.
Would
it
hurt
but
and
I've
had
a
lot
of
people
contact
me
asking
us
to
spray
and
I.
Just
you
know
what
toven
we
don't
really
have
much
that
were
able
to
do.
Fools
are
closed.
Obviously,
the
ice
is
cool.
J
I
M
I'm
not
aware
that
we've
had
kind
of
a
full
summer
program.
I
did
do
a
little
bit
of
checking
into
it
with
our
mosquito
applicator
that
we
have,
and
they
indicated
that
on
average
communities
that
do
a
seasonal
program
will
spray
about
eight
times
per
summer.
Our
current
rate,
for
spraying,
is
four
thousand
dollars
per
time
and,
in
addition
to
that,
they'll
also
do
some
applications
in
wooded
areas
and
and
that's
our
sorry
to
digress.
M
But
that's
our
that's
our
issue
is
we
have
so
many
waterways
with
with
the
Cedar
River
Turtle
Creek
Dobbins
Creek
are
our
parks
are
great,
but
they
create
great
habitat
for
mosquitoes
as
well.
So
to
really
make
an
impact,
you
a
long
term
impact
you
have
to
have
a
full
summer
program
and,
and
that
entails
somewheres
in
the
range
of
$40,000
for
those
eight
applications,
plus
these
two
or
three
applications
in
the
parks
and
and
heavy
treed
areas
that
are
mosquito
breeding
grounds.
Okay,
thank.
F
You
I've
had
a
lot
of
people
reach
out
to
me
too,
and
one
of
the
concerns
people
were
raising
was
West
Nile
virus
and
I
did
some
research
and
the
cities
that
sprayed
and
didn't
spray.
There
was
no
difference
in
the
West.
Nile
virus
counts
for
those
cities.
I
am
against
spring
because
I
think
that
we
have
to
do
what
we
can
to
balance
the
budget.
I
hate
mosquitoes.
They
love
me,
but
I
think
for
this
year.
We
we
just
need
to
not
do
it.
Yeah.
K
Well,
I
think
the
last
two
or
three
meetings,
our
main
focus
has
been
budget
cuts
money
and
for
us
to
spend
some
money
on
something,
as
Stevens
Lang
said,
is
so
short-term
it
good
for
three
four
days
and
that
dot
I
think
saving
that
twelve
thirteen
thousand
dollars
and
plank
to
something
else
would
be
more
appropriate.
So
I
am
against
spraying
this
year.
L
I'm
in
favor
of
spraying,
I
think
the
first
thing
is:
there's
pretty
strong
community
support,
I've
used
in
the
folks
that
have
reached
out
and
to
me
it's
one
of
those
things
that,
unlike
probably
the
highest,
is
it
even
if
it's
short
term
it
positively
impacts.
A
wide
number
of
people
for
a
relatively
low
cost
research
and
talking
with
Stephen
I,
would
hope
to
have
us.
Take
a
look.
You
know
probably
for
beyond
this
at
more
of
a
longer-term
summer
program,
because
you
know
part
of
the
reason
that
we
talk
about
the
budget.
L
Is
we
want
to
have
the
financial
flexibility
to
invest
in
things
that
are
important
to
the
community
and
so
based
on
the
passion
of
some
of
the
notes.
I've
gotten
from
folks
around
the
studio
spring
I
think
that
there's
definitely
an
openness
and
a
support
to
it.
You
know
ultimately,
I
think
that
the
public
perception
and
frankly
mine
until
this
is
that
we
spray
for
mosquitoes
than
it
is
effective
for
longer
than
three
or
four
days.
Even
if
that's
not
true,
I,
don't
know
that
we
want
to
get
bland
every
time.
L
C
G
Also
in
favor
of
spring
this
year,
I
had
about
40
contacts
and
they
ran
80
percent
in
favor
of
spring
and
I
think
that
it,
it
truly
was
a
twenty
twenty,
only
opinion
and
the
way
I
look
at
it
is
if
we
did
go
ahead
and
and
spray
as
budgeted
that
is
more
or
less
our
summer
activity
program
for
the
community
you're,
not
getting.
Fourth
of
July
celebration,
you're
not
getting
a
pool
you're,
not
getting
summer
ice,
but
at
least
you're
getting
the
mosquito
sprays.
G
That's
one
thing
we
can
do
during
this
coulded
season
to
encourage
you
to
be
outside
so
I
would
before
spraying
at
least
the
amount
that
we
would
do
in
a
typical
year
and
think
of
it
as
our
more
or
less
our
summer.
Rec
program
for
the
community.
I
will
also
say
that
one
of
my
constituents
said
we
should
look
long
term
into
supporting
bat
populations
to
help
them
keep
the
mosquito
populations
down.
G
She
said
something
like
an
adult
mosquito.
Our
adults.
Bat
will
eat
a
thousand
mosquitoes
in
an
hour.
Now.
What
did
what'd
you
do
to
support
bat
populations.
I
have
no
idea
and
I.
Don't
think
we
could
probably
gear
up
and
do
much
this
year,
but
I
think
in
the
long
term
spraying.
Every
four
days
is
not
something
we're
going
to
afford,
but
also
in
the
long
term.
You
know
what
I've
heard
from
people
is.
They
want
a
community-wide
solution
for
mosquitoes.
G
D
D
After
it
was
first
announced
that
we
weren't
going
to
spray
and
started
getting
feedback
and
hearing
from
people,
I
thought
you
know
much
like
mrs.
Waller
said
we're
encouraging
people
to
go
outside
and
be
outside
and
there's
not
much
house
they
can
do
so.
Maybe
spring
would
be
a
good
idea
to
help
with
that.
D
Then,
in
reading
mr.
Lang's
memo
and
thinking
about
the
short
term
effect,
is
it
really
worth
it?
I
guess
as
far
as
saving
the
money
and
the
budget
goes,
a
lot
of
this
stuff
really
isn't
going
to
change
things
too
much.
All
we're
doing
is
building
up
our
reserves,
and
these
are
the
short-term,
easy
things
that
we
talked
about
going
into.
D
The
budget
cuts
that
we
really
wanted
to
avoid
next
year
wanted
to
do
things
that
made
an
impact
I
think
our
reserve
fund
is
going
to
be
pretty
healthy
by
the
time
we
get
to
the
end
of
this
year.
If
everything
continues
the
way
it
is,
if
we
get
the
revenues
that
we
expect
and
with
all
these
savings,
we're
gonna
be
building
reserves
and
not
really
affecting
any
property
taxes
or
anything
this
year
and
not
giving
us
money
that
we
can
effectively
use
next
year
or
the
year
after
to
lower
the
levy.
D
C
C
If
you're
doing
accounting
I
think
it's
four
to
three
that
spray
we
have
to,
which
is
fine,
we
have
to
figure
out
wind
I
mean:
do
we
stay
in
the
same
schedule?
We
change
the
schedule,
we
don't
you
know
we
sprayed
four
events
before
we
don't
have
events
now
so
Steven
you
I
can
see
you
want
to
chip
in
on
this.
Well.
M
What
I
would
recommend
is
that
I
contact
our
spray
company
get
them
to
spray
as
soon
as
possible
to
get
that
first
application
out
there
and
then
use
their
recommendation
on
when
we
should
do
the
following
two
Springs,
and
it
may
turn
out
that
we
do
them
all
right
now
here
in
the
next
three
weeks
and
then
I'll
sudden,
that's
done
after
that,
or
they
may
recommend
spreading
them
out
a
little
bit
but
kind
of
use
their
guidance.
If.
C
Us
council,
okay
with
that,
with
going
with
Stevens
recommendation
that
we
spray
as
soon
as
we
can
and
then
follow
the
company's
recommendations
after
that
I
mean
potentially,
we
could
even
do
four
times
if
we
want
it
right.
Steven
I
mean
if
they
do
come
back.
You
know
it's
$3,000,
that's
not
gonna
kill
us.
So
we
need
a
motion.
C
N
E
E
M
Here
later
today,
we
sent
out
a
63
page
grant
agreement
for
everyone
to
review,
so
I
will
paraphrase
that
for
you
and
that
there
are
some
key
points
to
the
grant.
This
is
for
a
house
acquisition
at
509,
South,
Main,
Street
specific
for
that
property.
We
have
worked
with
the
property
owner
they're
interested
in
selling,
and
the
grant
would
cover
50%
of
the
acquisition,
demolition
and
environmental
costs.
The
grant
is
in
the
amount
of
sixty
one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
M
The
total
project
cost
is
a
hundred
and
twenty
three
thousand,
so
the
remainder
would
be
paid
by
local
option.
Sales
tax
as
grant
is
with
the
Department
of
Natural
Resources
grant
would
be
effective.
After
all,
the
documents
are
signed
and
we'd
have
one
year
to
complete
the
project
and
there
would
be
deed
restrictions
that
would
be
applied
to
the
property
so
that
they
would
stay
in
all
the
deed.
Restrictions
would
limit
future
sale
and
use
of
the
property,
and
with
that
we
would
recommend
to
council
approval,
got.
E
C
M
I
M
The
first
one
is
the
actual
grant
and
in
the
second
page
of
your
handout,
it
details
the
grant
dollars.
With
this
grant,
we
are
eligible
to
receive
100%
reimbursement.
Ninety
percent
of
that
would
come
from
our
typical
allocation
that
we
get
through
the
FAA
and
the
remaining
10%
would
come
through
the
cares
Act.
So
we
have
costs
identified
as
we
talked
about
at
our
last
meeting.
M
A
lot
of
work
was
needed
to
go
into
all
the
pre
engineering
to
develop
these
costs
and
get
a
total
grant
amount
of
258
thousand
nine
hundred
twenty
seven
dollars
and
ninety
cents.
So
that's
that
cost
is
broken
out
over
the
avocation
easement
acquisition,
some
fence
relocation
and
also
some
administrative
fees
related
to
kind
of
cross-checking
costs
for
this
project.
So
one
detailed
item
in
there
that
we
have
identified
is
the
actual
avocation
easement
and
we
have
a
cost
amount
in
there
$15,000.
We
did
talk
about
that
at
our
previous
meeting.
That's
that's!
M
So,
unless
counsel
has
any
questions
about
any
details
of
the
costs,
we
would
request,
counsel,
approve
the
FAA
grant
and
authorized
to
approve
the
FAA
grant
contingent
upon
execution
of
the
easement
by
the
Department
of
military
affairs.
That's
one
last
thing:
that's
hanging
out
there
and
we
request
that
they
authorize
the
city
engineer
to
sign
and
submit
the
necessary
grant
documents.
E
C
M
One
thing
I
would
like
to
circle
back
Bob
course
with
seh
is
also
on
the
zoom
call
and
Bob.
Just
please
add
in
if
you,
if
there's
anything,
I'm
missing
or
anything
that
you
want
to
make
sure
we
get
added
for
documentation,
okay.
So
the
next
item
is
the
fence.
Again,
it
falls
underneath
the
grant
we
received
one
bid
on
this
project
from
century
fence
in
the
amount
of
twenty
four
thousand
two
hundred
seven
dollars
and
ninety
cents
again,
using
that
ninety
ten
reimbursement,
we'd
recommend
approval.
F
E
I
M
Once
we
get
the
grant
and
the
easement
is
in
place,
then
we
have
to
update
all
of
our
documents,
so
there's
more
work
ahead,
and
that
is
what
this
proposal
is
for
from
seh
for
the
ALP
update
and
Exhibit
A.
It's
a
pretty
extensive
document
to
make
sure
that
to
document
all
the
property
ownership
at
the
airport
make
sure
that
there
aren't
any
encumbrances
or
anything
that
would
affect
the
FAA
regulations
that
we
have
at
the
airports.
Who
would
recommend
this
approval
and
we'd
recommend
it
contingent
upon
the
successful
completion
of
the
FAA
grant.
God's.
C
K
F
I
A
E
C
M
Been
working
on
this
project
for
about
six
years,
but
we
really
started
working
on
it
more
in
earnest.
When
seh
was
awarded
this
work
in
November
19th
of
2019
and
through
that
process,
they
seh
has
been
working
to
investigate
a
lot
of
different
documents
related
to
the
armory
parcel
and
that
that,
in
addition
to
coordination
between
two
government
agencies
between
MnDOT
and
their
Aeronautics
office,
and
also
the
Department
of
the
military,
has
been
a
very
difficult
process
and
that
has
caused
seh
and
as
well
as
their
appraiser
company
pearl
source.
M
That
has
been
doing
some
negotiation
on
this
easement
to
expend
more
cost
toward
the
project
and
originally
estimated,
so
they
have
put
together
a
proposed
amendment
number
one
in
the
amount
of
twenty-one
thousand
nine
hundred
dollars
to
cover
these
extra
costs.
Again.
This
is
all
100%
reimbursable,
as
with
the
others,
and
for
this
project.
We'd
recommend
approval
of
the
contract,
authorized
City
Engineer
to
execute
the
documents
and
make
it
contingent
upon
a
successful
completion
of
FAA
grant
council.
F
E
M
So
we
have
a
verbal
agreement
and
the
document
that
we
included
late
today,
which
was
electronically
signed
signature
for
the
easement
in
the
amount
of
$15,000.
It
does
need
to
be
formally
notarized
through
the
proper
notary
process,
but
this
is
the
last
item
that
we
need
in
order
to
submit
our
grant
documents.
M
Everything
is
in
place
and
the
actual
signing
of
this
document
can
can
be
submitted
a
little
bit
later
with
our
grant,
but
upon
approval
tonight
we
will
submit
all
these
documents
for
our
grant
later
this
evening
to
meet
the
deadline,
and
then
we
will
follow
up
later
with
this
sign
easement
document.
So
we
would
request
council
approval
of
this
easement
in
the
amount
of
$15,000
for
the
impact
to
the
property.
L
Really
quick
question
just
to
make
sure
I'm
thinking
about
this.
The
right
way,
like
the
whole
totality
of
the
project,
was
kind
of
a
federal
government
mandate
coming
down
right
that
they'd
kind
of
evolved
there.
Their
desires
for
like
how
much
spaces
and
like
to
take
off
the
landing
path.
Is
that
the
right
understanding
of
this.
M
Some
of
their
regulations
will
change
over
time,
but
generally,
what
created
this
was
our
Airport
and
project
improvements
that
we
did
in
the
mid-2000s.
There
were
clear
zones
and
FAA
requirements
that
went
along
with
that,
and
this
property
was
not
addressed
at
that
time.
It
actually
came
up
more
recently
when
the
armory
wanted
to
do
an
expansion
in
2014,
and
then
we
started
looking
at
this,
and
how
could
we
make
this
work
for
both
parties?
M
C
C
You
and
before
I
we
get
to
this
one
I.
This
is
the
last
honorary
council
member
that
we
have
an
application
for
I
know
Laura
mentioned
that
she
might
have
some
other
people
that
want
to
apply.
But
if
anybody
has
anybody
in
mind,
we're
gonna
be
needing
more
applicants
on
this
19
is
emotion:
appointing
Dora
Martinez
as
an
honorary
council
member
term
from
August
to
October
2020.
F
N
Mayor
councilmembers
I
brought
this
to
our
work
session,
a
couple
of
times,
primarily
just
getting
a
feedback
from
people
in
neighborhoods
where
there
are
vacant
buildings
and
not
being
able
to
address
the
issue
sufficiently.
We
are
primarily
addressing
only
the
vacant
properties
that
are
considered
an
immediate
hazard.
So
right
now
we
have
37
hazardous
building
files.
N
N
Our
intention
is
to
try
to
intervene
and
provide
some
kind
of
incentive
to
get
these
properties
either
out
on
the
market,
to
people
who
are
interested
in
improving
them
or
to
get.
You
know
somebody
in
there
to
rent
the
property
or
you
know
basically
I.
Think
probably
the
outcome
is
just
to
try
to
get
these
properties
on
the
market.
N
These
properties
can
create
all
kinds
of
issues
for
the
neighborhood
and
for
city
staff.
It's
pretty
distressing
to
neighbors,
who
have
these
properties
in
their
media
area
and
I
know
it
for
even
in
my
vicinity-
and
you
know
there
are
always
these
just
you
know
they
just
have
a
just
a
negative
vibe
to
them.
Often
the
grasses
growing,
the
there's
some
job
cost
and
left
behind,
and
just
you
know,
overall,
they
can
impact
the
values
of
the
properties
in
the
neighborhood,
as
well
as
the
immediately
adjacent
properties.
N
The
the
I'll
just
go
through
kind
of
how
we
would
implement
the
project.
If
it
were
to
be
passed,
we
would
have
identification
of
vacant
buildings.
We're
taking.
You
know
we're
basically
focusing
on
what
we
would
call
the
low-hanging
fruit,
so
these
are
more
chronically
vacant
properties.
You
know
the
ones
we
have
on
our
list
are
probably
vacant
for
12
months
or
more.
N
The
properties
that
you
know
have
some
visible
issue.
I
mean
right
now,
with
grass
growing,
it's
pretty
easy
to
identify
a
lot
of
vacant
properties.
Just
on
that
issue
alone,
we
would
have
a
registration
fee
and
get
some,
and
that
would
be
our
way
to
engage
with
these
property
owners,
and
then
we
would
be
able
to
do
some
inspections
under
this
ordinance.
N
For
you
know
years
I
guess
we
just
you
know
it's
hard
to
fathom,
but
I
did
look
at
a
couple
of
properties
just
to
get
an
idea
of
kind
of
just
some
general
information
about
them.
We
have
at
least
two
and
I
would
say
the
general
values
of
these
properties
are
between
20
and
$40,000,
and
the
I
picked.
We
had
one
that
was
worth
twenty
two
thousand
three
hundred
their
city.
Taxes
are
124
dollars
and
their
total
tax
is
four
hundred
and
twelve
and
the
other
one
I
looked
at
was
worth
thirty.
N
N
Little,
the
mayor
or
the
mayor
lives
is
definitely
still
a
good
neighborhood,
and
these
properties
were
renovated
that
they
would
still
be
a
value
to
the
people
who
are
doing
the
renovations
for
implementation.
We
would
be
incorporating
this
into
the
existing
duties
of
our
zoning
inspector,
with
support
of
our
minute
some
of
our
administrative
staff,
the
the
things
that
we
need
to
track
the
properties
and
to
reach
out
to
the
property
owners
and
to
take
payments
have
already
been
implemented.
N
We
had
some
opportunities
with
software
with
implementing
our
online
payment
with
our
building
permits,
so
we
got
a
special
deal
with
adding
on
some
software
for
tracking
our
vacant
properties.
Soar
is
this:
an
existing
staff
would
be
no
additional
cost.
There
would
be
some
costs
or
forms
and
mailing
and
outreach
I
just
estimated
that
about
$500,
and
then
our
additional
costs
for
software
was
$700
a
year.
If
we,
if
all
60
properties,
had
owners
who
paid
fees
at
a
hundred.
N
Why
such
as
$120
per
year,
that
would
be
about
72
hundred
dollars,
so
that
would
obviously
cover
the
cost
for
forms
and
for
the
software
and
then
would
defray
some
of
the
costs
or
the
work
that
our
inspectors
and
administrative
staff,
the
fees
that
I
suggested
were
initially
we
are
talking
about
lower
fees.
One
hundred
and
twenty
dollars
is
the
minimum
fee
for
a
single-family
property
in
Austin,
and
most
of
these
are
single-family
properties
that
we
have
on
our
list
right
now.
N
F
N
N
This
point,
the
only
incentive
would
be
more
of
a
stick
than
a
carrot
because
they're
going
to
be
paying
a
e
and
they're
going
to
have
to
have
an
inspection
and
they're
going
to
have
to
develop
a
property
maintenance
plan,
instead
of
just
allowing
the
house
to
just
set
up
deep
and
to
do
it,
we've
had
conversations
with
various
property
owners
about.
Why
now,
why
are
you
leaving
this
property
vacant?
N
N
You
know
I
have
talked
to
the
HRA
in
the
past
about
projects
and
was
given
the
impression
that
the
staff
wasn't
available,
but
I
would
be
happy
to
partner
with
them.
I
think
it
would
be
fantastic
and
I
know
you
know.
I
know,
they're
talked
about
bringing
in
someone
to
help
with
I
guess
working
on
renovations
with
people,
and
if
we
had
some
additional,
like
some
actual
incentives
like
some
care,
it's
not
just
the
stick.
I
think
that
would
be
even
more
effective.
G
I
I
G
C
Right,
it's
we
need
to
do
something.
It's
like
Holly
said,
there's
three
at
the
end
of
her
block
and
it's
just
I
walked
by
them
all
the
time
and
it's
a
nice
neighborhood.
But
you've
got
these
three
abandoned
houses
in
their
honor
Creek.
It's
almost
scary,
walking
by
them.
If
it's
dark,
so
anybody
else
sure
I'll.
D
C
M
M
So
I
would
just
ask
that
during
this
time
that
that
is
taken
into
consideration
if
we're
looking
at
staff
impacts
with
budgeting
here,
we're
adding
more
responsibilities
to
a
department
and
just
make
sure
that
that
is
something
that
is
considered
and
request
or
make
sure
that
we're
is
a
time
where
we're
focusing
inward
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
done.
Everything
that
we
have
that's
existing
or
are
we
looking
to
add
things
so
I
think
it's
a
great
program,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
idea
is
considered.
C
A
F
A
F
E
D
F
F
E
C
F
E
C
E
C
C
D
F
C
F
C
O
O
So
one
thing
that
I
want
to
say:
I
would
like
if
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor
will
extend
the
honorary
council
for
also
some
of
the
negative
kid
here
because
is
so
that
they
can
have
the
opportunity
I
have
talked
to
so
many
kids
wanna
be
involved
too
and
seem
like
the
the
owners
City
Council
is,
is
only
for
other
minority
and
I
see
them.
They
will
benefit
to
it
soon.
So
that's
some
of
the
suggestion
as
we
explore
to
build
more
young
leaders
to
be
involved
so,
but
thank
you
for
the
good
work.
O
C
A
very
good
point
of
all
I
don't
know
if
we
right
now
the
way
we've
written
it
that
we
can
have
non-minority
I,
think
we
probably
can
you
can
yeah
I
think
we
can
appoint
anybody.
I
guess
that's
something
I
hadn't
thought
of,
but
as
council
goes
out
and
talks
to
people
in
yourself
of
all
about
tell
them
they
can
put
in
the
applications
we're
set
for
the
next
one
after
you.
But
after
that,
it's
it's
pretty
well
we're
at
wide
open,
so
they
can
apply.
Okay,.
I
J
C
A
G
G
I
think
it
does
us
good
to
just
let
someone
explain
on
the
application,
how
they're
in
an
underserved
population
I
want
to
also
say
when
we
started
on
our
a
council
person,
we
were
hoping
that
it
would
become
part
of
a
theater
system
and
help
people
get
to
know
enough
about
the
government
to
get
more
involved,
and
not
only
have
we
seen
Obama
run
for
office,
but
now
today
we
approved
Karim
to
serve
on
Planning
and
Zoning.
So
this
is
a
zero
dollar
program
that
is
working
and
doing
what
we
want
it
to
do.
G
C
C
That
Jason
was
very,
it
was
originally
aimed
towards
I,
think
minority
people
being
on
and
and
and
getting
the
minority
communities
more
involved
and
I
still
think
that
that's
kind
of
what
we
would
lean
towards,
but
we
certainly
certainly
would
look
at
any
applicant
that
wanted
to
put
in
other
I.
Thank.
H
You
mayor
evidently
the
Senate
considers
the
care
Zach
funding.
That's
supposed
to
come
back
down
through
to
local
municipalities
of
841
million
I
got
stalled
in
the
Senate
I
understand
today,
but
on
a
large
positive
note,
I
understand
senators
in
Jemez
bonding
delete.
All
amendment
has
12
million
dollars
allocated
to
the
Austin
wastewater
treatment
facility.
This
is
a
great
starting
point.
H
Obviously
the
house
has
to
make
their
position
known,
and
that
includes
the
minority
party
as
well
looks
like
there's
some
hurdles
in
place
for
that,
but
certainly
a
great
push
from
Senator
sparks
to
get
that
included
in
the
amendment
from
the
majority.
So
I
want
to
share
that
with
council
in
the
public.
Well,.
C
H
P
I
just
wanted
to
let
people
know
that
the
Summer
Reading
Club
is
starting
up
at
the
library.
Today
was
the
first
day
it
looks
different
than
it
has
in
the
past
because
of
what's
going
on
in
the
world,
but
we
do
have
instead
of
paper
tracking
for
kids
with
their
minutes
of
reading.
They
can
do
it
online
with
an
app
called
readers
own
or
they
can
get
online
and
just
do
it
there
and
they
can
contact
the
library
if
they
need
help
with
that.
P
So
on
Wednesdays
our
Youth
Services
librarian
is
going
to
be
out
in
front
of
the
library
weather
permitting
from
1:00
to
3:00
and
kids
can
come
and
login
with
her
she's
gonna
have
some
take-home
art
kits
available,
we're
gonna
be
doing
weekly
Lego
challenges
and
we
also
have
the
windows
if
you're
looking
at
the
library,
the
windows
on
the
west
side
or
the
left,
depending
on
how
you're
directionally
challenged,
will
have
that's
going
to
be
our
summer.
Reading,
2020,
billboard
and
we'll
have
a
lot
of
information
up
right
there.
P
P
If
you
have
a
you,
if
you
know
how
to
play
it
or
don't
show
up
we'll
be
out
there
at
3:30,
it
sounds
like
you
want
to
bring
your
mosquito
spray
and
we'll
I
don't
know
we're
just
gonna
figure
it
out,
so
weather
permitting
we'll
be
outside.
Otherwise,
we'll
attempt
it
on
zoom.
So
that's
what
we've
got
going
on
the
library.