City of Austin Council Message Board

Thank you CM Alter for this thread. I support the Success by 6 initiative and I support funding this proposal. I'm proud to join all of you in this critical work. I also hope that we can engage our school districts' trustees in opening up even more classrooms and seats for high quality childcare, so...

CM Tovo, thanks for your amendment. I think it captures much of what I intended. Please see some small suggestions below. The City’s effort should include not only the necessary facilities planning but also engagement with each community *to ensure adequate* communications, personnel, transportation...

CM Tovo and Co-sponsors, Thank you for bringing forward this item on resilience hubs to help our City further prepare for future emergencies. I would like to offer the following amendment to elevate the need to appropriately prepare and operate these facilities to benefit our community. http://asset...

CM Alter,

Thank you for these thoughtful amendments. I look forward to supporting them.

-Greg

Colleagues, Here is an amendment I’d like to offer on Item 112 regarding enforcement of code violations stemming from the winter storm that have yet to be resolved. I’ve spoken with CM Fuentes and she is willing to accept these as friendly. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/24-2021032...

Colleagues, Below are my proposed amendments for Item 37 re: cadet classes. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/FE-20210324165229.pdf I believe the work laid out in the Kroll report and in the Blueprint is necessary and important. These amendments are written with the goal of ensuring t...

CM Tovo, Thank you for bringing forth this item to help highlight our City's readiness, response, experiences, and learnings during Winter Storm Uri. I believe these conversations are essential to ensure that our City is better prepared to respond to future disasters and focus on saving lives. I wou...

CM Kitchen and cosponsors, Please see below the letter that my office has submitted to TxDOT. Our community has been working so hard toward a more connected, safe, and accessible city. That vision for Austin could be harmed for generations if the wrong decisions are made for I-35. Let me know if you...

Colleagues: For decades our community has worked on public campaign finance programs. In 2018, our charter review commission recommended a voucher program for public campaign finance. Their recommendations included a cap on self-financing of campaigns that are participating in the public voucher sys...

Mayor,

Thank you for your amendment.

I would like to make the following motion to Item 6 to further highlight and elevate more immediate actions to address our communities' critical needs.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 121053.pdf

Greg

CMs Fuentes and Ellis, thank you for your posts, and I agree with your thoughts. I support putting to the voters the addition of new council districts, while also ensuring that we do not have a system that inadvertently creates tie votes. I support the special called meeting request. It may mean we ...

Colleagues, The charter amendment language will be in backup along with the other items for tomorrow. I am also posting the language here for your reference: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, the city council may provide for a director of police oversight who shall be appointed a...

Colleagues, I am proposing a charter amendment at Tuesday’s Special Called Meeting that would give City Council and the community the opportunity to make the office even stronger and more independent moving forward through future discussion and Council ordinance. In other cities, the Office of Polic...

Colleagues, Here are my amendments to reflect the intentions stated at work session -- that this will not expand policing and criminalization as opposed to housing and services, this will not divert from our permanent housing efforts, and we are focused on health, safety, and reasonable access to pu...

Colleagues, We have received calls from community members to postpone this item, so that we can engage with people who would be affected if policing is to be expanded beyond the current rules. I generally agree with that. However, at work session and here on the message board, co-sponsors made clear...

Colleagues, After years of advocacy from survivors, justice reform advocates, and scientific organizations, I am glad that we have Item 32 on this week’s agenda. Establishing a Forensic Science Department --that is independent of law enforcement agencies-- is an important step for public safety, com...

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...

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....

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...

Thank you, Mayor, for these suggestions. I support this plan.
-Greg

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...

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...

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

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