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You're watching a meeting of the Austin City Council. with Mayor Kirk Watson. Mayor Pro Tim Cheetovela. Council Members Natasha Harper Madison. Vanessa Fuentes Jose Velásquez Ryan Alter. Crystal name. Mike Siegel. Paige Ellis. Zo country. Mark Duchin. City Attorney Deborah Thomas, City Clerk Erica Brady, and City Manager T. C. Broadnacks.
twenty six uh and I will call to order the Austin City Council meeting for this date. We have a quorum of the city council members present. We are meeting in City Hall, which is located Uh at three oh one West Second Street and we're in the council chambers. Uh so I what I'm gonna do is run through the order of the day real quickly. Uh we will uh mo momentarily take up the consent agenda. Members I don't have any item that's been pulled from the consent agenda. However, I want to point out item number six and I'll read this into the record in a minute with changes and corrections. Item number six has been withdrawn. So if somebody's here to speak on item number six, uh item number six has been withdrawn and we will not call that item up.
We will then take up non consent items. Those are items from the committees. We have two public hearings, items thirty and thirty one. At uh at or around noon we will take up a time certain of public communication. We will also recess uh at that point in time for music. I want to point out, however, council members that if we have any i if we uh have any it if we don't have any items other than what is left or our two o'clock time certain, what we will do is we will probably just uh recess until two o'clock. However, if we still have items and and and we may not, then uh we will uh but if we still have items we will come back at one ten. Uh then of course at two o'clock we will have our zoning item. Uh members I want to read in to the record changes and corrections.
As I've indicated, item number six has been withdrawn. Item number six has been withdrawn. And on item number thirty, when the public hearings are taken up on item number thirty, uh when we get to item number thirty, this item will be postponed to november nineteenth, twenty twenty six. The final thing I want to say with regard to uh changes and corrections is there's late backup and you know you you you have a listing of the late backup, but one of the key items I wanna point out is that on the boards and commissions uh nominations and waivers item number twenty five. There is an addition, Councilmember Velasquez has uh put Toma Tomas boat right for the Native American and In Indigenous Quality of Life Commission.
I just want to read that in the record to make sure that it's uh uh carried out and and when we take the vote on the consent agenda that will be the motion, it will include that late back up. Members, unless there are questions or comments by members of the city council, we will now go to um public com uh the the speakers that are signed up on the consent agenda and I will turn to the city clerk. So without objection, let's do that. Thank you, Mayor. For item one we have Philip Fitzgerald. Zenovia Joseph?
If your name's been called, please come forward. Thank you. Thank you, sir.
Please can begin.
Hi, Phil Fitzgerald, District One. An entire generation was wait raised on the simple and implicit promise Do well in school, get your degree, and you'll build a good life. These days Austinites are waking up to find that promise has been broken. They're trapped in a job market where employers are looking at their hard earned degrees. They're looking at their crippling student loan debt. And they're saying we don't need you, we have AI. These were people who in the past proudly posted photos on social media of their graduation day, often as the first in their family to graduate college. But now they're learning that a bachelor's degree doesn't seem to matter anymore, which means going back to school for an advanced degree and more debt.
As the cost to attend college continue to soar, it can't be overstated how important it is that our city offers a clear and debt-free pathway forward.
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Agenda
4 items
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:06–5:33
2
What items are on the consent agenda and how are they processed?
5:33–1:36:10
3
What concerns were raised about affordable housing, zoning, and density bonuses?
1:36:10–1:59:05
4
What is the proposal for the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex and why is it important?
1:59:05–2:05:05
Speakers
5 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.