City of Austin Council Message Board

Good afternoon, all. After careful consideration, I plan to support your approach Mr. Mayor and would like to join my colleagues and be added as a co-sponsor. Addressing climate change requires coordinated efforts beyond our city limits and a thoughtful timeframe will enable us to foster regional co...

Many thanks, Chair Ellis, for your partnership in our respective committees jointly reviewing these critical amendments. As you noted, the Housing and Planning Committee will continue to meet following the review of the Transit Supportive Amendments. This will allow us to discuss a topic I have rais...

Council Member Qadri, thanks for getting us started on presenting items. I appreciate the opportunity to co-sponsor your item #77 as you have my item #76, to approve a resolution directing the City Manager to develop recommendations for the coordinated and holistic planning, development, preservatio...

Colleagues, As we confront the urgent challenges of housing affordability in our rapidly growing city of Austin, most especially East Austin, I am proud to present a resolution (Item 67). The item is aimed at leveraging the innovative tools: Land Banking and Community Land Trusts. These tools are vi...

Colleagues, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments. The final two candidates were so impressive that we had a difficult time in our deliberations. I applaud both T.C. Broadnax and Sara Hensley for their tenacity through the long process and their respective commitment to service. In this decisio...

Colleagues, On March 29th, the annual Urban Cultural & Music Fest- the only R&B festival in the City of Austin will fill Auditorium Shores with music and entertainment. The festival celebrates and showcases Austin's diverse Afro-centric culture. This year's event will take place during the n...

Colleagues, We are excited to bring forth a two-component resolution for the February 15th Council meeting agenda that includes direction for the City of Austin to solidify co-sponsorship of a long-standing summer concert series, currently known as ‘Blues on the Green.’ Additionally, there is a long...

CM Alison Alter, First, thank you for your continued leadership on the matter. The public apology is so important and deserves the presence of all who are able to be present, thank you for making sure we were all aware of potential time conflicts. The Housing & Planning Committee is scheduled to...

Good afternoon colleagues. It is an honor to serve on the Housing & Planning Committee. With the momentum we’ve established, I’m looking forward to 24’ being another highly productive year! Coming up next week, we have a few items regarding Project Connect, where planning and mobility actions ar...

Colleagues, thank you for your time and meaningful contributions while serving the various council committees. Regarding my appointments, my policy priorities remain the same, Housing, Economic, Opportunity and Mobility. With true clarity of purpose, chairing the Housing and Planning Committee is an...

Dear Colleagues, I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. I am writing to inform you of a necessary step I must take in the interest of my well-being and ability to serve our community effectively. Service is in my heart, as I know it also is for all of you. This year has been ...

Good afternoon colleagues, I hope the new year is treating everyone well. I'm taking the opportunity to express my immense interest in serving as Chair of the Housing and Planning Committee. Housing is my top priority and what I'm most passionate about. I will bring a great deal of knowledge, enthus...

Colleagues,

Please see the attached motion sheet for Item 36 on tomorrow's agenda.

Kind Regards,
Natasha

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 172522.pdf

Mayor Adler, Thank you for bringing this important item forward. In a time of soaring housing costs due in large part to limited supply, I believe one important community benefit provided by new development is new housing itself, particularly new housing that working Austinites can actually afford. ...

Thank you, Mayor.

I am in agreement with my colleagues. My preference for the Dec. 1st and 8th meetings would be to extend them to Friday if needed.

Kind Regards,
Natasha

Colleagues, As we brace ourselves for the upcoming 88th Session of the Texas Legislature, I wanted to daylight a pair of priorities I would like to add to our Legislative Agenda tomorrow. These reflect two areas I believe we need more state assistance to pursue on the local level. • Exploration of a...

Thank you, Mayor. Our Planning Commission reviewed the Commercial Parkland Dedication proposal, held multiple listening sessions with stakeholders, and worked hard to put together some proposed amendments. I appreciate the commissioners’ all-volunteer efforts to create better policy outcomes for our...

One of the most important obligations we, as a municipality have, is to provide adequate public open space for the enjoyment and health of our residents, particularly the hundreds of thousands of Austinites who live in apartments and condominiums that don’t have the luxury of private yards. At the s...

Colleagues, I’m currently typing this post from City Hall, where I had to bring my children following a power outage in East Austin that left more than 3,400 Austin Energy customers without electricity, my home included. Earlier in the afternoon, the heat-index in our neighborhood hit 114 degrees. T...

Good afternoon colleagues. I am disappointed that the special called meeting I attempted to call couldn't make quorum though I completely understand that this is a difficult time of year for many folks to pull off a last minute council meeting. I'll lay out my concerns here about the stability of ou...

Colleagues,

The images I presented during today's compatibility discussion are posted below.

Image 1: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 121252.jpg

Image 2: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 121332.jpg

Kind Regards,
Natasha

Colleagues, It has been brought to my attention that the exported survey results do not display the responses to the question "Should the following types of businesses be allowed to exist along the 11th and 12th Street corridors, or should they be prohibited?". The results to that question...

Colleagues,

Please see the attached finalized motion for items 31, 53, and 54 tomorrow.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 202908.pdf


Kind Regards,
Natasha

Colleagues, This Thursday we will vote on updates to the Urban Renewal Plan and 11th & 12th Street NCCDs with the aim of aligning the two documents. I appreciate the additional time my team and I were given so we could conduct a robust community outreach initiative. Our combined strategy of door...

Colleagues, Thank you, Council Member Kitchen for bringing this proposed ordinance forward. Along with the University Neighborhood Overlay, the original VMU has been one of the most successful tools to create income-restricted, capital-A-H Affordable Housing in Austin, particularly west of I-35. It’...