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- Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:27 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council committees and intergovernmental appointments
- Replies: 11
- Views: 21744
Re: Council committees and intergovernmental appointments
Thank you for getting this conversation started, Mayor. I would be happy to continue in leadership on the Mobility Committee and serving on Austin Water Oversight & Austin Energy Oversight. I would also like to continue serving on Housing & Planning and would be open to returning to a leader...
- Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:35 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Work Session on Housing Supply and Affordability
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22949
Re: Special Called Work Session on Housing Supply and Affordability
Good Morning, Colleagues - I appreciate the posts you all have put up on this topic. As we know, the cost of housing combined with the cost of transportation are often the biggest drivers of a family budget and the reason many Austinites have to decide whether they can afford to stay in the city the...
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:13 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item #63 for 11/4: Project Connect JPA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14049
Re: Item #63 for 11/4: Project Connect JPA
Colleagues - This Direction V2 incorporates additional feedback from Law regarding when agreements need approval by Council, reflects the time-sensitive needs of our Housing and Planning staff working on the eTOD Policy Plan, and incorporates several of CM Kitchen’s edits. I look forward to the disc...
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:06 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item #63 for 11/4: Project Connect JPA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14049
Re: Item #63 for 11/4: Project Connect JPA
Colleagues - After I posted to the message board, staff reached out to discuss the supplemental agreement direction. We met with our staff from Housing and Planning, Transportation, and the Project Connect Office, and they agreed that interagency agreements on eTOD/land use planning and on multimoda...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:19 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Responding to Hate
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19835
Re: Responding to Hate
CM Alter -
Thank you for bringing this important resolution. I would like to be added as a cosponsor. Hate has no place in our community, and we will stand together against it.
Paige Ellis
Thank you for bringing this important resolution. I would like to be added as a cosponsor. Hate has no place in our community, and we will stand together against it.
Paige Ellis
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 9:16 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item #63 for 11/4: Project Connect JPA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14049
Item #63 for 11/4: Project Connect JPA
Dear Colleagues, With Item #63 on Thursday's Council agenda, we have another opportunity to discuss, and potentially approve negotiation and execution of, a Joint Powers Agreement for Project Connect with Capital Metro and the Austin Transit Partnership. I am eager to get this done -- and to get it ...
- Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:55 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Parkland Dedication Fees - Item #20
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4237
Parkland Dedication Fees - Item #20
Colleagues, Like most of you, my team and I have spent many hours working through the parkland dedication issue over the past several days. The issue is complicated, and our decision on Item #20 will have far-reaching implications that have not yet been fully vetted. Because we did not have the oppo...
- Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:35 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item #111 - Abortion Access Resolution
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9480
Item #111 - Abortion Access Resolution
Colleagues, As you are well aware, abortion access is under severe attack in our state yet again. I feel strongly that elected officials at ALL levels of government must do everything we can to protect reproductive rights and the rights of individuals to make decisions over their own bodies. We cann...
- Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:33 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Climate Equity Plan Implementation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 17203
Re: Austin Climate Equity Plan Implementation
Thank you for your work on this, CM Alter. I would like to be added as a cosponsor.
Paige Ellis
Paige Ellis
- Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:16 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: I-35 Work Session Discussion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7667
I-35 Work Session Discussion
Colleagues, For tomorrow’s work session, we are posted for briefings on the I-35 Capital Express Project from both TxDOT and our City staff. Like all of you, I heard the calls from our community to hold a special called Mobility Committee meeting to discuss the I-35 project. I thank those of you who...
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: FY2021-22 Budget Process and Amendments
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4652780
Re: FY2021-22 Budget Process and Amendments
Colleagues - I look forward to tomorrow’s discussion of how to best balance our priorities with the potential funding options available after a tough year for so many in Austin. My overarching goal for the FY 2021-2022 budget is to reduce the tax burden for our residents and allow them to enjoy the ...
- Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: FY2021-22 Budget Process and Amendments
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4652780
Re: FY2021-22 Budget Process and Amendments
Colleagues, After having discussed these items on the Message Board, on the dais, and with my colleagues, I plan to offer the following amendments with CMs Alter and Pool as cosponsors: Parks and Recreation Department: 1) Park Ranger Program FTEs & affiliated costs: $1,632,932 http://assets.aust...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:11 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Reschedule of Mobility Committee Metting
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7106
Reschedule of Mobility Committee Metting
Colleagues, Due to the Special Called Meetings this Thursday Aug. 5, we have rescheduled the Mobility Committee meeting to Friday, Aug. 6, from 11:30am - 1:00pm. We are looking forward to discussions on Project Connect, Street Impact Fee implementation, and the revamped ATD Placemaking Program, incl...
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 3:54 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Budget priorities
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9607
Re: Budget priorities
Colleagues - Thank you to CMs Tovo and Fuentes for posting your budget priorities. My priorities are as follows: 1. Parks & Recreation Department operations, maintenance, & staffing: (http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/19-20210702154557.pdf) The most important item for me is th...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:33 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Early Childhood Funding and the American Rescue Plan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17051
Re: Early Childhood Funding and the American Rescue Plan
CM Alter -
Thank you for bringing this. I am also supportive of the full funding for the Success By 6 Coalition's recommendations.
Paige Ellis
Thank you for bringing this. I am also supportive of the full funding for the Success By 6 Coalition's recommendations.
Paige Ellis
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:06 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item #67 (Tovo IFC) - Exhibit A
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8458
Re: Item #67 (Tovo IFC) - Exhibit A
Colleagues - I support this item and agree this is a necessary process along with the post-disaster analysis we’ve begun discussing as a Council. I’m most interested in the audit aspect of this - specifically regarding communications and best practices in emergency management - and I appreciate Coun...
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:52 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 64 - Resilience Hub Locations
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3934
Item 64 - Resilience Hub Locations
CM Tovo - If you still have room, I would love to be added to the list of cosponsors for Item 64. During and after the recent winter storm disaster, Southwest Austin would have benefitted enormously from community resilience hubs such as those proposed in this resolution. The City has a responsibili...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:26 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Meeting Request
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22226
Re: Special Called Meeting Request
Colleagues, thank you all for sharing your thoughts. We too agree with Council Member Tovo’s idea to convene a City Charter Commission, and we hope it might be charged with finding ways to mitigate the processes that lead to the kinds of frustrations mentioned by council members Alter, Pool, and Kit...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:21 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Special Called Meeting Request
- Replies: 12
- Views: 22226
Re: Special Called Meeting Request
CM Fuentes - I appreciate your line of thinking on this matter. I am interested in taking this topic up this week, or as soon as possible. Multiple CMs have voiced an interest in looking at the appropriate number of council districts to ensure fair and efficient government representation as voters c...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:55 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Menstrual Equity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4639
Re: Menstrual Equity
CM Harper-Madison -
Thank you for bringing this important initiative forward. I would love to add a contribution and am assessing what portion of my budget I may be able to contribute.
-Paige Ellis
Thank you for bringing this important initiative forward. I would love to add a contribution and am assessing what portion of my budget I may be able to contribute.
-Paige Ellis
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: RE: Mobility-related Positions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10830
Re: RE: Mobility-related Positions
Thank you, Mayor Adler and CMs Kitchen, Casar, and Pool - I have appreciated being involved in the discussions for CAMPO as an alternate and am ready to step up into an official role, especially with the Mayor staying on in an alternate capacity. I’ve also been energized by our collective work on th...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Supreme Court Justice RBG
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15324
Re: Supreme Court Justice RBG
CM Harper-Madison & MPT Garza -
Thank you for bringing this resolution. Please add my name as a cosponsor.
Paige Ellis
Thank you for bringing this resolution. Please add my name as a cosponsor.
Paige Ellis
- Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:59 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Save Austin's Vital Economic Sectors (“SAVES”)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32071
Re: Save Austin's Vital Economic Sectors (“SAVES”)
Mayor Adler, CMs Flannigan, Tovo, and Pool, Please add me as a cosponsor for this important item. The spaces we have in Austin for music, art, restaurants, and bars make Austin home. We have already lost some of our most beloved venues, and many others are barely hanging on. If we want to come out o...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:34 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 2020 Active Mobility Bond Proposal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13618
Re: 2020 Active Mobility Bond Proposal
CM Kitchen -
I accept this proposed language and will incorporate it into the document.
Thank you,
Paige Ellis
I accept this proposed language and will incorporate it into the document.
Thank you,
Paige Ellis
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 2020 Active Mobility Bond Proposal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13618
Re: 2020 Active Mobility Bond Proposal
Colleagues - Based on community feedback, this updated Contract with the Voters represents a responsive $450 million bond package for Council’s consideration. It lists capital improvement projects, names substandard streets, and incorporates feedback from the SOS Alliance regarding green infrastruct...