City of Austin Council Message Board

Below is the redline of changes to item 75:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 160710.pdf

These are the items Council has left to consider today. Council may take them up in any order. Items Pulled From consent: 21 –PARD purchase 71 – Budget amendment, ATD 72 – establish Business Preservation Fund 73 – program guidelines for Austin Childcare Provider Relief Grant 74 – program guidelines ...

Colleagues, As promised, here are documents for our SAVES program consideration. I've included a redline to the latest staff version on item 74 and am continuing to work on item 75. Intent statement: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/C7-20201015133913.pdf Redline of changes to Item 74...

Colleagues, As discussed in our Tuesday work session, I am offering an amendment to Item #72 that provides more detail as to the allowable uses of the Business Preservation Fund. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/9A-20201014164933.docx I again thank the Council and city staff for our ...

Colleagues, Here is the general plan for the 10/15 Council Meeting. - In the morning, we will hear the 18 speakers signed up. Each speaker will get 3 minutes - we should have time for a few items before noon Cit Com - Noon - Citizen Communication - 1 speaker is signed up and will get 3 minutes - Lun...

Colleagues, I would like to offer an amendment to the 2021 Council Meeting Calendar (posted as item 76 on the addendum for 10/15). The amendment is to change the first Council meeting from Jan 21 to Jan 27. My understanding is that staff is ok with this change. This means the Work Session would be o...

Thank you to CM Harper-Madison and MPT Garza for bringing this item. I would also like to join as a co-sponsor.

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Colleagues, I am proud to be a part of a Council focused and working hard to support our most threated local industries. With the direction passed by Council yesterday in Item #52 directing the Manager “to place on the October 15, 2020 council agenda the ordinances and instruments necessary to make ...

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52 – budget amendment for SAVES • Adler Amendment - http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/EE-20201001095011.pdf ) • Pool’s 3 Directions - http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F2-20201001114410.pdf, http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F2-20201001114431.pdf, http://...

Updated list: Consent Items left: 11 – initiating code amendments for contractor registration program - See Ellis Amendment - http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 105014.pdf ) 12 – contract with Better Business Bureau 52 – budget amendment for SAVES • see Adler Amendment - http://assets.austi...

Council Member Pool,

I offer the following amendment to your Direction #1. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 135307.pdf

Colleagues, Here are the items we have left for today. I have included the amendments that have been distributed, but feel free to note if there are any that we left out. Council may take up these items in any order. Items pulled from Consent 8 – contracting method for Asian American Resource Center...

Colleagues,
Please see the attached motion sheet on item 52:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 095011.pdf

Colleagues, Here is the general plan for the 10/1 Council Meeting. - In the morning, we will hear the 67 speakers signed up. Each speaker will get 2 minutes - We have Citizen Communication at noon. 3 speakers are signed up and will each get 3 minutes - We should have time to hear a few items between...

Colleagues, Once again, I would like to thank you for your support of the SAVES Resolution to get meaningful support for our most threatened local industries. I also again thank our staff for the their quick and thoughtful response to the SAVES Resolution with proposed funding and recovery program o...

Attached is a motion that incorporates CM Pool's feedback.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 113847.pdf

Colleagues: It is encouraging for us to see the support in the community for passage of the SAVES resolution, Item 62, and we welcome you that have joined as sponsors. This message is to post a revised Item 62 (Rev 2) that I will move as the base motion. It’s in redline showing changes to what I pos...

Colleagues, Here is how we’ll handle speakers tomorrow, absent the will of council being otherwise. Overall, we have 141 speakers signed up on agenda items. (and 8 speakers at our Noon Citizen Communication). Each speaker that has signed up on an agenda item will get 2 minutes each. (Cit Com Speaker...

Colleagues, The support for the SAVES resolution to assist the threatened industries and businesses that, if lost, will most impact our recovery is appreciated. Glad to add Council Members Kitchen, Ellis and Alter to the initial sponsors, Council Members Flannigan, Pool, Tovo and me. We look forward...

Our city is in danger of permanently losing key players in some of our most important industry sectors – live music & art venues, restaurants & bars, and childcare. These are some of the hardest hit and most vulnerable sectors in our city. They are also key to our culture and our path to bes...

Colleagues: Council took a historic step for mobility and equity in our community when it called for an election to fund the Project Connect rapid transit system and included an unprecedented investment in transit-supportive affordable housing and anti-displacement efforts as part of the transit pro...

Colleagues, As mentioned before the break, here are three amendments to riders for your consideration. Garza Rider #3: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F2-20200812184348.pdf Harper-Madison Rider #1 http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F2-20200812183947.pdf Flannigan Rider...

Colleagues, consistent with our message board post a couple days ago, here are corresponding changes to CM Harper Madison’s Budget Rider #1 V2 (as she posted earlier today). From: CM Harper-Madison, CM Alter, CM Tovo, Mayor Adler: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/EB-20200812153245.pdf

I support this work. If this is the will of the Council, we will take this up as the base motion. We will then take up any monetary budget amendments. When that is complete, we will take up any budget riders. Finally we will take up any items related to fees.