City of Austin Council Message Board

Colleagues,

Law took a second look and made these edits: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 142838.pdf

-Greg

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

Colleagues,

Please see my amendment for Item 17, the City's State Legislative Agenda: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 100230.pdf

-Greg

Thank you Mayor, CMs Flannigan, Tovo, and Pool for bringing forward this important item. Please add me as a cosponsor as well.

-Greg

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...

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...

Colleagues,

Here are my updated Budget Amendment Forms to reflect the changes in the chart:
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 145519.pdf

-Greg

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Colleagues, Please see the agenda for tomorrow below. We’ll have short presentations on how we can reduce harm and increase safety in our community in new and powerful ways. We will have time to take two or three short questions per topic from Council in order to keep to the schedule. See you tomorr...

Colleagues, This Thursday, July 9, the Public Safety Committee will have a workshop on improving public safety and preventing harm with investments other than simply police patrol. We’ve invited experts and officers to speak on the following topics and will have some Q&A on each: · mental health res...

Colleagues, Here's the language I'd like to add into Item 95 under the first Be It Resolved: 7. Acoustic Devices: Use of acoustic devices that can function as weapons, such as long range acoustic devices and sound cannons, shall only be used for communication purposes at safe decibel and frequency l...

Colleagues, Version 2 of Item 95 was posted as late backup yesterday afternoon. As I explained Tuesday, the substantive change prohibits the use of tear gas. Today, I will be moving Version 3 for adoption that includes a minor clarification from the Airport: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincounc...

Colleagues, It has been a long and challenging week for our City, and I appreciate everything that this Council has said and done to address the real and valid pain the community is going through. I know we are all ready to do the right thing for Austin. I, along with my cosponsors CM Harper-Madison...

Colleagues,

Here is an updated version of Item 48: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 121833.pdf

With these changes, I hope we can keep this item on consent.

-Greg

Colleagues, Here are the documents I just shared. I hope to get feedback from the dais before posting a more final version. Motion Sheet and New Totals: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/9A-20200602112823.pdf Proposed total amount for individual assistance: http://assets.austintexas.g...