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- Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:49 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: CPRC and Item 95
- Replies: 0
- Views: 329
CPRC and Item 95
Colleagues, The members of the Public Safety Committee, the City Manager, Chief Manley, and OPO Director Muscadin have received a request from the Chair and Vice Chair of the Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) to review all General Order changes directed in Resolution 20200611-095 regarding p...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:53 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Mayor Pro Tem 2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3013
Re: Mayor Pro Tem 2021
Colleagues, I appreciate everyone’s support and am thankful that my colleagues are willing to express confidence in my ability to unify the dias and bring our shared goals into focus in the coming year. Shortly after my announcement, many of you began receiving calls urging you to switch your votes....
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Mayor Pro Tem 2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3013
Mayor Pro Tem 2021
Colleagues, I would be honored to serve as Mayor Pro Tem if elected by you. Every voice in our city should have a say in our local government. If elected Mayor Pro Tem, my commitment is to serve in pursuit of this goal. In this pandemic, we have shown how local government can save lives when we work...
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: RE: Mobility-related Positions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1336
Re: RE: Mobility-related Positions
Thank you, Mayor, for these suggestions. I support this plan.
-Greg
-Greg
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: HealthSouth - 1215 Red River and 616 East 12th St.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1196
Re: HealthSouth - 1215 Red River and 616 East 12th St.
Thank you, CM Tovo, for laying out your thoughts and providing the documents above. I am supportive of finding ways to achieve even more affordable housing at the Health South location. If we can give direction on Thursday to continue to increase the affordable housing component (both # of units and...
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:12 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Open Letter to APD on Public Safety
- Replies: 0
- Views: 451
Open Letter to APD on Public Safety
Greetings Council Colleagues, We have all received multiple requests about APD’s plans to keep Austin safe in the probability of free speech/free assembly activity after election day. In many of those requests, we’ve received specific questions about what will be done differently from APD’s approach...
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:43 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Supreme Court Justice RBG
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2211
Re: Supreme Court Justice RBG
Thank you, CM Harper-Madison and MPT Garza, for leading on this. I am also happy to add my name as a co-sponsor.
-Greg
-Greg
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:29 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 9/17: Item 95 -- Casar Direction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 728
Re: 9/17: Item 95 -- Casar Direction
Colleagues,
Law took a second look and made these edits: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 142838.pdf
-Greg
Law took a second look and made these edits: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 142838.pdf
-Greg
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 9/17: Item 95 -- Casar Direction
- Replies: 1
- Views: 728
9/17: Item 95 -- Casar Direction
Colleagues,
Please see the direction I plan to move with Item 95, the Convention Center exclusive negotiation agreement:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 100426.pdf
-Greg
Please see the direction I plan to move with Item 95, the Convention Center exclusive negotiation agreement:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 100426.pdf
-Greg
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:07 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 9/17: Item 17 -- Casar Amendment
- Replies: 0
- Views: 594
9/17: Item 17 -- Casar Amendment
Colleagues,
Please see my amendment for Item 17, the City's State Legislative Agenda: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 100230.pdf
-Greg
Please see my amendment for Item 17, the City's State Legislative Agenda: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 100230.pdf
-Greg
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Save Austin's Vital Economic Sectors (“SAVES”)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5396
Re: Save Austin's Vital Economic Sectors (“SAVES”)
Thank you Mayor, CMs Flannigan, Tovo, and Pool for bringing forward this important item. Please add me as a cosponsor as well.
-Greg
-Greg
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 11:42 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Base Motion for Community Reinvestments
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2851
Re: Base Motion for Community Reinvestments
Thank you, Council Member Harper Madison for the above. I have made a final update to the spreadsheet, in order to accomplish the following: (1) Provide APH the recurring funding that they need in Harper-Madison 4 (2) Funds Harper-Madison 5, the Equity in Policing Technology amendment (3) Funds Harp...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:10 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Base Motion for Community Reinvestments
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2851
Base Motion for Community Reinvestments
Colleagues: I think we are all OK with the Mayor's procedures for running the budget meeting. In the Mayor's post, he describes that we will start with a base motion. Rather than begin with the City Manager's budget as the base motion, I believe we should have a base motion that incorporates the wor...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Re: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
Colleagues,
Here are my updated Budget Amendment Forms to reflect the changes in the chart:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 145519.pdf
-Greg
Here are my updated Budget Amendment Forms to reflect the changes in the chart:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 145519.pdf
-Greg
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Re: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
Colleagues: I have updated the spreadsheet in the following link. Thank you again for your work during this very challenging budget. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F95cQrX9RUwjM4Ryfuu2FD5Q5jDlVSWKVvTY-KfdGW4/edit?usp=sharing Without any further changes to the police budget, we’ve made the f...
- Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:57 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Re: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
Colleagues: Thank you to everyone for the ongoing, diligent, and collaborative work. Mayor, CM Tovo, CM Alter, and CM Harper Madison, thank you for the post above. It is fully compatible, I believe, with the initial proposal in this thread and the latest updated versions. It’s clear that the dais un...
- Mon Aug 10, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Re: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
CM Renteria and CM Flannigan, thank you for your support of this proposal. CM Tovo, thank you for your amendments. Below is a link to the budget amendments I am proposing. These match up with the Immediate Reinvestments and Long Term Change plan in this thread. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austinco...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Re: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
CM Ellis, Thank you for your support. In response to your request, I have updated the spreadsheet. We’ve moved the remaining un-earmarked funds adjusted the plan to address the issues on our trails, to make them safe and keep them maintained especially in light of their usage during COVID-19. The sp...
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:00 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Re: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
Council Members Pool and Kitchen: Thank you very much for your work on all this, and for your support. I have updated the spreadsheet to add $150K for the Workforce program you both have mentioned. Along with you, I will keep working to find ways to fund as many priorities as we can in the coming da...
- Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:30 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11414
Immediate Reinvestment & Long Term Change plan [budget]
Colleagues: Mayor Pro Tem Garza, CM Harper-Madison, and I are sharing with you a joint proposal that aims to incorporate the important amendments that all the Council Members have championed throughout this budget process. The following is our best attempt to incorporate your amendments into one pro...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:53 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Reallocation Criteria
- Replies: 0
- Views: 917
Reallocation Criteria
Colleagues, As we begin to reallocate police dollars next week, it is important that our budget decisions meet the demands of the moment we're in. As we decide which programs to reallocate dollars to, we should ask ourselves the following: • Will this reduce harm or violence in our community— thereb...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:15 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Casar Budget Amendments APD/Violence Prevention
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2384
Re: Casar Budget Amendments APD/Violence Prevention
Colleagues, I would like to share a path for us to reach at least $100 million in changes to the APD budget: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qR5vfPyrpPatY6_rwONLpZZDT1bUWrAqjSb5ORw5ugU/edit?usp=sharing This document is meant for discussion. I look forward to your input and thoughts from the ...
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Budget Amendment: EMS investments
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1945
Re: Budget Amendment: EMS investments
Council Member Alter, I too am very supportive of this measure to expand funding for EMS in this years budget. Even before COVID-19, our EMS department has lacked the funding required to scale with the growing public health needs of our city. This proposed increase is a great start. Along with Counc...
- Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:29 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Casar Budget Amendments APD/Violence Prevention
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2384
Casar Budget Amendments APD/Violence Prevention
Colleagues, Here is a first batch of three amendments I’d like for us to consider. These three amendments have about a $40M impact, and I will be working on further amendments (and I know other offices will too) as we work toward reallocating $100M in changes to our budget. I will continue to add mo...
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:59 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Monday’s Joint Meeting with Capital Metro RE: Project Connect
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3721
Re: Monday’s Joint Meeting with Capital Metro RE: Project Connect
Thanks y’all. I support a separate active transportation bond proposition. I also will support the plan outlined above, but at 8.75 cents to increase the displacement mitigation provisions. While I generally support the entire 11-cent plan, I think given our economic situation this year, passing 8.7...