Below is an updated version of Alter Motion 4 that makes the dates in the resulting amendment consistent.
Alter Motion 4 V2: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 130103.pdf
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- Thu Sep 11, 2025 1:03 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 12 (Short Term Rental Regulation)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 705
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 11:29 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 12 (Short Term Rental Regulation)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 705
Re: Item 12 (Short Term Rental Regulation)
Colleagues, I would like to offer an amendment to CM Duchen's amendment to Item 12. I am concerned that the current "safe harbor" date of December 10, 2025 is too early as it will likely precede the date on which the license portal will go live. If we want to essentially grandfather existi...
- Wed Sep 10, 2025 5:55 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 12 (Short Term Rental Regulation)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 705
Item 12 (Short Term Rental Regulation)
Colleagues, Tomorrow we are set to consider changes to our short-term rental regulations that we first set in motion earlier this year. I want to thank City Staff for their work on this ordinance as well as fellow members of our sub-quorum, including Mayor Watson, Mayor Pro Tem Fuentes, CM Velasquez...
- Mon Sep 08, 2025 3:02 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 47 on 9/11/25 Agenda
- Replies: 2
- Views: 874
Item 47 on 9/11/25 Agenda
I would like to express my great appreciation to CM Velásquez for bringing items 46 and 47 regarding homestead preservation districts. These items and your work on them are critical to fighting displacement within our community and increasing the availability of affordable housing. I am proud to be ...
- Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:06 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Alternative Budget Addition 1
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3566
Alternative Budget Addition 1
Colleagues, As we work through the budget amendment process, we would like to propose an alternative that is simpler, cleaner, and more transparent. Below you can find a substitute motion for the staff reconciliation document that has been labeled “Budget Addition 1.” This document is based on the p...
- Mon Aug 04, 2025 3:24 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Tomorrow's meeting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 78943
Re: Tomorrow's meeting
We agree with this approach. As individual offices and sub-quorums prepare their own TRE scenarios, it makes the most sense to focus our time and attention on those and not confuse the public with the original staff scenarios. To that end, as we will be laying out the various Council-developed TRE s...
- Fri Aug 01, 2025 4:34 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Proposed TRE Scenario
- Replies: 2
- Views: 146114
Re: Proposed TRE Scenario
Colleagues, Austin is facing a critical moment. The federal government is slashing our social safety net, cancelling infrastructure improvements, and threatening that these cuts are just beginning. The state, despite having record surpluses, continues its refusal to meet its basic obligations to the...
- Tue Jul 29, 2025 7:59 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: TRE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 172402
TRE
Colleagues, As we move through the budget process, we must preserve our ability to meet the many needs our community faces. While the state and federal governments increasingly abandon their responsibilities to the public, Austin remains focused on serving its residents. To do that, we are going to ...
- Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:53 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Invitation to Join FEMA BRIC Reinstatement Letter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 176976
Re: Invitation to Join FEMA BRIC Reinstatement Letter
Thank you CM Qadri and fellow colleagues for organizing this letter. Please add my name to this important message from the Austin community to our federal government.
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- Wed Jun 25, 2025 10:28 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: A new funding source for parks and recreation in Austin: the Parks Maintenance Fee
- Replies: 2
- Views: 78620
Re: A new funding source for parks and recreation in Austin: the Parks Maintenance Fee
CM Ellis and MPT Fuentes, Thank you for jump starting this conversation on our parks funding early in the budget process. I am also eagerly awaiting the full working group report with recommendations from City staff, parks non-profits, and community advocates. Investing in our parks and greenspace i...
- Wed May 21, 2025 1:23 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: I-35 Common Sense Caps Plan from CM Ellis, Siegel, Laine, Duchen, and MPT Fuentes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 35153
Re: I-35 Common Sense Caps Plan from CM Ellis, Siegel, Laine, Duchen, and MPT Fuentes
Colleagues, After listening to the thoughtful comments of the public and our colleagues, we would like to explore a compromise approach as mentioned by CM Duchen. Delivering caps for our community should be something that brings us together, not divides us. Austinites deserve for us to work collabor...
- Wed May 14, 2025 2:28 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: I-35 Cap & Stitch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17179
Re: I-35 Cap & Stitch
Thank you, CM Siegel, for sharing your thoughts on this project. I share your desire to maintain the maximum amount of room in our upcoming bond program to prioritize community needs like parks, affordable housing, and the environment, which is why our subquorum has worked diligently to identify fun...
- Mon May 05, 2025 6:21 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: I-35 Cap & Stitch
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17179
I-35 Cap & Stitch
Colleagues, On May 22, we’ll decide the future of the spine of downtown for the next 60+ years. Our neighbors, children, and grandchildren can either have a superhighway running through the heart of our city or a series of green public spaces where communities can come together instead of letting a ...
- Fri Apr 04, 2025 3:18 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Single Stair Amendment
- Replies: 9
- Views: 152908
Re: Single Stair Amendment
Colleagues, I'm excited to support single-stair development up to five stories next Thursday. To ensure that this tool is as impactful and inclusive as possible, I plan to bring a motion to increase the maximum net floor area (square footage of a single story of the building) from 4,000' to 5,000'. ...
- Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:56 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Single Stair Amendment
- Replies: 9
- Views: 152908
Re: Single Stair Amendment
Colleagues, I am excited to hear today's testimony concerning new, forward looking building codes, including legalizing single-stair developments. I was proud to co-sponsor Council Member Vela's resolution that initiated this update, and I appreciate the work that the community, my colleagues, and C...
- Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:14 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Board & Commission Discussion at Audit & Finance
- Replies: 2
- Views: 48700
Board & Commission Discussion at Audit & Finance
Colleagues, In December the Council unanimously passed Resolution No. 20241212-133, which directed a review of our Boards and Commissions as a part of our overall good governance efforts over the past year. The goal of the resolution was to improve the effectiveness of these bodies and address any o...
- Wed Jan 29, 2025 3:36 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 83 - 1/30/25
- Replies: 1
- Views: 34733
Re: Item 83 - 1/30/25
We received some constructive feedback on this amendment and will be offering the following version 2 of the motion sheet (new language is highlighted in yellow):
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 140902.pdf
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 140902.pdf
- Wed Jan 29, 2025 11:06 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 83 - 1/30/25
- Replies: 1
- Views: 34733
Item 83 - 1/30/25
Colleagues, Tomorrow we will consider an item brought forward from MPT Fuentes and approved unanimously by the Public Health Committee that shows our steadfast commitment to ending homelessness in Austin. This goal can only be accomplished if our community works together to dedicate the resources ne...
- Tue Jan 07, 2025 4:04 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Updated 2025 Council Committees and Intergovernmental Appointments
- Replies: 11
- Views: 203584
Re: Updated 2025 Council Committees and Intergovernmental Appointments
Thank you, Mayor, for kicking off this discussion. I share your belief that we have opportunities to better utilize our committees and intergovernmental appointments. After serving on the Audit and Finance Committee for the past two years and working through two increasingly tight budgets (something...
- Wed Dec 11, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Energy Gen Plan - Updated Amendments
- Replies: 4
- Views: 70430
Re: Austin Energy Gen Plan - Updated Amendments
Thank you, Mayor, for incorporating the updates CM Alison Alter and I discussed yesterday to provide a focus on load-zone emissions and their impact here locally. After our discussions yesterday, I have separated my motion sheet into individual amendments and narrowed the total list in recognition o...
- Mon Dec 09, 2024 10:29 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Energy’s Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan
- Replies: 0
- Views: 35744
Austin Energy’s Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan
Colleagues, The generation plan is a decision point with potentially the greatest impact on climate change of any policy we will consider as a Council. The goals and guidance set forth in this document will directly impact the quality of life for Austin residents today, tomorrow, and for generations...
- Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 12/12 Board & Commission IFC
- Replies: 0
- Views: 34978
12/12 Board & Commission IFC
Colleagues, Mayor Pro Tem Pool, Council Members Fuentes, Vela, Kelly, and I plan to bring an item for the 12/12 council meeting related to boards and commissions. We have been working as a sub-quorum to review a recent audit report as well as long-standing recommendations that have come to us on how...
- Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 72 - Parks Funding
- Replies: 3
- Views: 53311
Re: Item 72 - Parks Funding
Thank you MPT Pool and CM Alison Alter for your long service and leadership for our park system. I support exploring all funding options that might bring additional resources to PARD, and I believe these proposed amendments only strengthen that direction. I look forward to the recommendations that w...
- Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Requesting Clarification about Police Agreement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 40028
Re: Requesting Clarification about Police Agreement
Colleagues, I share the sentiments expressed above. Throughout this process, I have sought a deal that properly values the work that our police officers are doing to keep our communities safe while also meeting the oversight and accountability protections Austinites overwhelmingly voted for and dese...
- Wed Sep 25, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Items 12 & 13
- Replies: 0
- Views: 39971
Items 12 & 13
Colleagues, I want to thank our staff for preparing the new Place-Based Enhancement program (item 12) and updates to our existing business enhancement policy (item 13). After reviewing these proposals with City Staff, I would like to offer motions that direct the City Manager to explore ways that we...