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- Tue Oct 01, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: City Attorney's G-file memo
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1341
City Attorney's G-file memo
Colleagues, I am posting the legal memo released by the City Attorney yesterday in response to my questions about how police personnel records are treated under the proposed contract, particularly G-file type records. Our City Attorney says that under the contract and relevant court rulings, all rec...
- Thu Sep 26, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Requesting Clarification about Police Agreement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6884
Requesting Clarification about Police Agreement
Colleagues, I’m glad the City of Austin and the Austin Police Association have reached a handshake agreement on the terms of a potential contract. My top priority is ensuring we have a good public safety system, which requires a mutually-supportive relationship between the City and our employees. A ...
- Wed Aug 28, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Texas Gas Service - Item 168
- Replies: 2
- Views: 24039
Re: Texas Gas Service - Item 168
Thank you, Mayor Watson, for publicly sharing valuable information surrounding the Texas Gas Service rate case. My office has been closely following the developments surrounding these utility rates. Given the understandably needed improvements to our electrical grid in light of extreme weather incid...
- Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: FY25 Budget Amendments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 27451
Re: FY25 Budget Amendments
Colleagues, My office will add the following amendment to our list of budget amendments for this year. Vela 5: Adjust Pool & Golf Fees - $0 (http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/FC-202408226105256.pdf) This cost-neutral amendment proposes lowering the pool fees to the FY24 level and ...
- Mon Aug 05, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: FY25 Budget Amendments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 27451
FY25 Budget Amendments
Colleagues, My office will pursue the following four amendments in the FY25 budget. This year, we focused on improving public safety and city services, both within District 4 and throughout Austin. I would like to invite any of you who are interested in co-sponsoring these amendments to reply to thi...
- Sat Jul 06, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Co-Sponsorship Request: Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program/Comprehensive Bond Package for 2026
- Replies: 16
- Views: 56273
Re: Co-Sponsorship Request: Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program/Comprehensive Bond Package for 2026
Thanks to CM Ryan Alter for sparking this important conversation. His suggestion of "no later than November 2026" language is a good one. A public process reviewing the various planning documents/projects and suggesting possible climate bond investments could be ready for the November 2025...
- Tue Jul 02, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Co-Sponsorship Request: Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program/Comprehensive Bond Package for 2026
- Replies: 16
- Views: 56273
Re: Co-Sponsorship Request: Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program/Comprehensive Bond Package for 2026
Thank you for this resolution, Mayor. Please add me as a co-sponsor.
Chito
Chito
- Fri Jun 14, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Police Oversight Act Enforcement
- Replies: 0
- Views: 42743
Austin Police Oversight Act Enforcement
Colleagues, Over a year after its victory at the polls, key provisions of the Austin Police Oversight Act (APOA) remain unimplemented. The city is currently defending itself against a lawsuit from criminal justice reform advocates who demand the city open up the secret “(g) file” disciplinary record...
- Thu May 16, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: LDC Amendments
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4908
Re: LDC Amendments
Colleagues, This is Version 2 of my Item 5, Amendment 1 on Transit Infrastructure http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/20-202405137162022.pdf For Item 6, I will be withdrawing Amendment 1: MFI Buy Down. We learned from staff that existing rules would allow us to require participation in ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: LDC Amendments
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4908
LDC Amendments
Colleagues, I plan to offer the following amendments: Amendment 1: MFI Buy down http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/AD-202405135102810.pdf Item 5 ETOD Overlay: Amendment 1: Project Connect Infrastructure http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/AD-202405135102902.pdf Amendment 2...
- Tue May 14, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: UT Austin Protest Response
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5450
UT Austin Protest Response
Colleagues, We have now had several weeks to absorb and consider the police response to the recent protests at the University of Texas at Austin and will be briefed on the issue today. Before the briefing, I’d like to convey my understanding of the laws and principles surrounding speech protected by...
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Invitation to Co-sponsor Item 64 on Transgender Healthcare
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9166
Invitation to Co-sponsor Item 64 on Transgender Healthcare
Colleagues, Trans children and families are being denied safe, legal access to lifesaving and medically recommended care, while doctors are being forced to make critical, intimate healthcare decisions under threat of prosecution. Tomorrow, my co-sponsors and I are bringing item 64 to deprioritize cr...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Urban Cultural & Music Festival- Fee Waivers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16693
Re: Urban Cultural & Music Festival- Fee Waivers
Thank you for your support of arts and culture in our beautiful city, Councilmember Harper-Madison. The Urban Music Fest is a great event well-timed to coincide with the Texas Relays...another great event! I'm happy to support them with a fee waiver and want to ensure that Austin continues to host a...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:19 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 34 - Crestview TOD Version 2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15170
Item 34 - Crestview TOD Version 2
Colleagues,
Here is Version 2 for item 34, my resolution initiating changes to the Crestview TOD.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 161330.pdf
Chito
Here is Version 2 for item 34, my resolution initiating changes to the Crestview TOD.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 161330.pdf
Chito
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Amendments to Item 37 - Purple Pipe Requirements
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14962
Amendments to Item 37 - Purple Pipe Requirements
Colleagues, I plan to offer the following amendments at tomorrow's meeting. Amendment 1: Definition of affordable units http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/E0-20240366191059.pdf Amendment 2: 6 month study and additional direction http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/E0-20240...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Amendment to item 73 and Postponing Item 61
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14237
Amendment to item 73 and Postponing Item 61
Colleagues, I plan to offer the following amendment to Item 73, DB90 http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/97-20240260095316.pdf I will also be postponing Item 61, my resolution initiating changes to the Crestview TOD Station Area Plan, to the March 7th meeting to work on some small chang...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 2/15 - Item 25
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20339
Re: 2/15 - Item 25
Colleagues: Please see attached my proposed amendments to Item 25 on Thursday's agenda. I believe these changes will provide important clarifying notes to our climate goals. Amendment 1 (http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/3B-20240243165240.pdf) is designed to maximize federal reimburse...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 2/15 - Item 25
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20339
Re: 2/15 - Item 25
CM Ryan Alter, This is an excellent proposal and I would like to be added as a co-sponsor. Our city's infrastructure was built in an age where we had different priorities and concerns. We must upgrade our public infrastructure to meet today's challenges. One item that immediately comes to mind is fl...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 54 ETOD Amendments
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9132
Re: Item 54 ETOD Amendments
Version 2 of Amendment 4: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 104634.pdf
Based on a recommendation from CM Ryan Alter, it adds "at the same or greater level of affordability" to our amended language.
Chito
Based on a recommendation from CM Ryan Alter, it adds "at the same or greater level of affordability" to our amended language.
Chito
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 54 ETOD Amendments
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9132
Re: Item 54 ETOD Amendments
These are my amendments for Item 54 Amendment 1: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F4-20240232090513.pdf Amendment 2: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F4-20240232090532.pdf Amendment 3: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F4-20240232090544.pdf Amendment 4:...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 2024 Council Committee Appointments
- Replies: 11
- Views: 49702
Re: 2024 Council Committee Appointments
Colleagues, Thank you for starting this conversation. Given my membership on the Cap Metro board, I’d like to take CM Fuentes’s spot on the Mobility Committee. Being on both the Cap Metro board and the Mobility Committee will give me better insight in all of our transportation challenges, a policy a...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:47 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: HOME Amendment
- Replies: 9
- Views: 71654
Re: HOME Amendment
Colleagues,
Here is the language for CM Vela Amendment 3 for street side yard setbacks: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 094450.pdf
Chito
Here is the language for CM Vela Amendment 3 for street side yard setbacks: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 094450.pdf
Chito
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: HOME Amendment
- Replies: 9
- Views: 71654
Re: HOME Amendment
Colleagues, I plan to bring the following amendments on Thursday. We are working with law for exact amendment language, but wanted to post the ideas as soon as we could. AMENDMENT 1: FLOOR TO AREA RATIO. DRAFT LINK: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/61-202312339201804.pdf 1) For 2 and...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Tiny Homes & RVs, plus some suggestions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 32883
Re: Tiny Homes & RVs, plus some suggestions
CM Pool, Thanks to you and your staff for all the hard work on this important item. I agree with the approach on RVs - excluding them but inlcuding tiny homes that meet International Residential Code standards. With regard to your other suggestions, I need to learn more about the impact of both but ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:55 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Discussing Item 40
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29249
Re: Discussing Item 40
I also want to thank CM Velasquez for pulling the item. I understand how we're going to use the downtown caps; there are multiple examples of cities successfully burying and capping highways and turning those caps into community assets. However, I want to better understand how we are planning to use...