Amendments to Item 125 on the 6/28/18 Agenda
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 3:16 pm
Colleagues,
First, I want to thank Council Member Troxclair for her leadership in developing this resolution to ensure we have a code that works and achieves the goals of Imagine Austin. I’d like to offer the following amendments to this item:
• Change part (1)(b) to specify that proposed recommendations for resolving conflicts should come from *staff* not the stakeholder group.
• Clarify section 2 to specify that the work group must adhere to the Texas Open Meetings Act.
• Specify that a person who is registered or required to register as a lobbyist under City Code Chapter 4-8 or who is employed by a person registered or required to register under City Code Chapter 4-8 is prohibited from being part of the group of design and development professionals convened by the City Manager.
• Members of this group must agree to comply with the City's ethics and personal responsibilities guidelines.
Also, I’d like to have a discussion about the potential role of the Code Advisory Group. If the Council would support this, I would prefer to pursue a process that reconstitutes the Code Advisory Group to include one appointee from the Mayor and one from each council member. The CAG would be made up of environmental experts, architects, engineers and other development professionals and with the following conditions:
• The reconstituted CAG would provide support and feedback on the development and implementation of modeling and testing of the latest draft of CodeNEXT and the recommendations of City Commissions. The modeling and testing should select a variety of sites across the city, including at least 1 site per council district. The selection of sites for modeling should be done in consultation with the ten district council members.
• Change part (1)(b) to specify that proposed recommendations for resolving conflicts should come from *staff* not the stakeholder group.
• The CAG would continue to be subject to TOMA.
• A person who is registered or required to register as a lobbyist under City Code Chapter 4-8 or who is employed by a person registered or required to register under City Code Chapter 4-8 would continue to be prohibited from serving as a member of this body.
• Members of this group must agree to comply with the City's ethics and personal responsibilities guidelines.
Again, I appreciate Council Member Troxclair’s leadership and work to develop a solution on the issue of modeling and testing the code, and I look forward to our discussion. My hope is that by posting my desired changes we can arrive at an outcome we can all support.
Regards,
Alison Alter
First, I want to thank Council Member Troxclair for her leadership in developing this resolution to ensure we have a code that works and achieves the goals of Imagine Austin. I’d like to offer the following amendments to this item:
• Change part (1)(b) to specify that proposed recommendations for resolving conflicts should come from *staff* not the stakeholder group.
• Clarify section 2 to specify that the work group must adhere to the Texas Open Meetings Act.
• Specify that a person who is registered or required to register as a lobbyist under City Code Chapter 4-8 or who is employed by a person registered or required to register under City Code Chapter 4-8 is prohibited from being part of the group of design and development professionals convened by the City Manager.
• Members of this group must agree to comply with the City's ethics and personal responsibilities guidelines.
Also, I’d like to have a discussion about the potential role of the Code Advisory Group. If the Council would support this, I would prefer to pursue a process that reconstitutes the Code Advisory Group to include one appointee from the Mayor and one from each council member. The CAG would be made up of environmental experts, architects, engineers and other development professionals and with the following conditions:
• The reconstituted CAG would provide support and feedback on the development and implementation of modeling and testing of the latest draft of CodeNEXT and the recommendations of City Commissions. The modeling and testing should select a variety of sites across the city, including at least 1 site per council district. The selection of sites for modeling should be done in consultation with the ten district council members.
• Change part (1)(b) to specify that proposed recommendations for resolving conflicts should come from *staff* not the stakeholder group.
• The CAG would continue to be subject to TOMA.
• A person who is registered or required to register as a lobbyist under City Code Chapter 4-8 or who is employed by a person registered or required to register under City Code Chapter 4-8 would continue to be prohibited from serving as a member of this body.
• Members of this group must agree to comply with the City's ethics and personal responsibilities guidelines.
Again, I appreciate Council Member Troxclair’s leadership and work to develop a solution on the issue of modeling and testing the code, and I look forward to our discussion. My hope is that by posting my desired changes we can arrive at an outcome we can all support.
Regards,
Alison Alter