Austin Housing Finance Corporation - Transcript 02/12/2015 >> Mayor Adler: If it's okay, before we get to these items, we'll go into the housing portion of the agenda. Without objection, we're going to recess the meeting of the Austin city council and call to order a meeting of the Austin housing and finance corporation and take up the consent agenda. There are nine items. Betsy Spencer will read the items for approval. >> Good afternoon, board of directors. I'm Betsy Spencer, treasurer of the housing finance corporation. We have nine items for you today. First item is approving resolution appointing officers to the board. Second is a resolution adopting amended and restated bylaws to account for the eleven members on the board now. Third is approval of minutes at the last two meetings. Last six items are all in relation to the developments that we discussed earlier this morning. And I offer them on consent and am available for questions. >> Mayor Adler: It's been moved, the consent agenda is pulled. Is there a second to approve on consent? Ms. Tovo. Is there any discussion? Ms. Houston. >> Houston: Since I wasn't at those meetings, I'm going to -- what am I going to do? Abstain on the minutes. >> I need to abstain too. I wasn't here and I didn't study. >> Mayor Adler: Okay. With those both those being shown as abstaining on the question of the minutes, any other discussion of the items? >> On the at some times, my question is, we talked about this at the meeting. How do the votes for and against and abstentions, thousand does this relate to the housing understand a finance? >> Mayor Adler: These are the same items. [4:33:01 PM] It's a different body that needs approval. We can have the clerk show the same no votes and same abstentions with respect to these items as were conveyed during the council meeting this morning. Is that sufficient for you? Jeanette? Okay? >> That's fine. Thank you. >> Mayor Adler: With those no's shown and abstentions shown, all in favor of approving the consent agenda, say aye. Those opposed, no? Can we have those -- it passes, subject to the -- this means now that the actions taken earlier by the council subject to the action are now final. >> Thank you. >> Mayor Adler: Okay. Thank you. Without objection, the meeting of the Austin housing and finance corporation is adjourned. We're out of recess and returned to the Austin city council meeting.