City of Austin Council Message Board

As promised, I am providing the link to the Q&A for the Short Term Rental (STR) conversation:

https://services.austintexas.gov/budget ... /index.cfm

Thanks,
Kirk

On behalf of Mayor Watson

Council: We will convene tomorrow at 1:00 PM for the Joint City Council and Planning Commission special called meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to review the proposed Short Term Rental regulations and conduct a public hearing. For tomorrow, I will call to order the meeting of the Austin City ...

Council Member Laine, Thank you for volunteering to serve on the COAERS board of directors for 2025. I made note of this change and submitted a revised 2025 Council Committees and Regional Appointments list to the City Clerk. Here is a link to that document: 71-20250131165353.pdf Thanks, Kirk On beh...

Council: You received an email today from the City’s Human Resources Director regarding Council Appointee Evaluations. I am working closely with City Staff to ensure that the Council Appointee Evaluations process is executed as outlined in resolution 20160225-016. The Council Appointee Evaluations a...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. I look forward to our first meeting of 2025! We will begin promptly at 10am. We will first hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will be called to speak on individual consent items in numerical order. Speakers will have 2 minutes ...

Council Members: I thought I'd send a note about our first 2025 Work Session and Austin Energy Oversight Committee meeting tomorrow. When we have both a Work Session and an AEOC meeting, we ordinarily start the day with the AEOC meeting. However, tomorrow, we will instead begin with the Work Session...

Colleagues— I’ve attached an updated list of council committee and regional appointments based on the message board discussions. We still have a few committees and open appointment spots to discuss in anticipation of the January 28th work session. Here is a quick summary of openings, and a link to t...

Colleagues— I’ve attached another draft committee list after the most recent message board comments shared this week. Please take a moment to review the current proposed committee assignments based upon the message board discussion/consultation. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/92-20...

Colleagues— As we approach the January 30th council meeting, I would like to share a draft ordinance that will re-establish the Economic Opportunity Committee and the Climate, Water, Environment, and Parks Committee. Additionally, the ordinance suggests minor updates to the scope of work for the Pub...

Colleagues— As promised in my recent post, I want to share an update regarding council committees and intergovernmental appointments based on the preferences I have received from everyone through the message board. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/07-20250114173430.pdf The document s...

Council Members, As we get ready to start the new year, I want to start organizing Council Committee assignments and the assignments from the Council to intergovernmental bodies for 2025. I’ve attached links to the Council Committees and Intergovernmental body appointments for 2024 with redlines so ...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will then hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes per item. Speakers will be able to donate time. Speakers wishing to donate time must coordinate with the City Clerk prior to be...

My top priorities in this process are to divest from the Fayette Power Project and ensure reliable and affordable power for our community. I am proposing an amendment to the Resource Generation Plan that introduces a new Carbon Intensity Standard. By using this metric, we ensure that any future gene...

Council: Here is my plan for the Special Called Meeting and Council Work Session tomorrow. We’ll start the day by calling the Special Called Meeting to order. We will take up item 1 and then open the public hearing on item 2. At the conclusion of the public hearing, we will adjourn the Special Calle...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 3 minutes per item. Speakers will be able to donate time. Speakers wishing to donate time must coordinate with the City Clerk prior to being c...

Council: There’s a lot on tap for tomorrow. We have a special called meeting, a work session and the Austin Energy Oversight Committee meeting. Plus we will have an executive session. Here is my plan for organizing our day. We will begin promptly at 9 AM. I will call to order the special-called meet...

Council Members: Immediately after the Council meeting this past Thursday, City Clerk Myrna Rios and I talked about the AI generated call we received as part of Public Communications. We discussed the need to immediately get to the bottom of how this happened, what we can do to prevent it in the fut...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. Prior to taking up the consent agenda we will take up item 33. This item honoring Kay and Joe Guedea has been pulled from the consent agenda. We will then hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will ...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council Work Session tomorrow. We will begin at 9am with items 47 and 48. Following speakers and discussion on items 47 and 48, we will take up item 42. We will then take up the briefing items B1 and B2. I am looking forward to a productive Work Session. I also want ...

Colleagues--- My office, along with Councilmembers Velasquez and Fuentes, have spoken to city staff related to a multi-family project that has applied for a 4% affordable housing tax credit currently located in the Airport Overlay on Airport Commerce Drive. Staff is preparing a memo for council rega...

Council: I want to give everyone a heads up that tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM, I’ll join Travis County Judge Andy Brown to issue a preemptive disaster declaration, so that we’re prepared to respond as quickly and effectively as possible in the event of a wildfire. The Governor has issued a disaster ...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 3 minutes per item. Speakers will be able to donate time. Speakers wishing to donate time must coordinate with the City Clerk prior to being c...

Council: We will begin the Work Session tomorrow promptly at 9am. We will first hear a briefing from staff on the police contract (item B1), followed by council discussion. We will then take public comment on the item. Speakers will have 3 minutes and will be able to donate time. Speakers wishing to...

Council: Item 47 establishes a bench of consultants for $8.5 million for the Planning Department to utilize on Council and Planning Department initiatives. Council received a memo late yesterday outlining what projects the consulting bench will support. In part because of how late we received this a...

Thank you, Council Member Fuentes, for your thoughts. I appreciate your concerns and share them. We’re at a difficult time with this issue, but I think we can make it work so that we meet most of our goals and address most of our concerns. The Homeless Strategy Office has indicated that our Homeless...