City of Austin Council Message Board

Thanks, everyone, for sharing your preferences.

I currently serve on the following and would like to maintain my positions:
- Housing and Planning Committee, Chair
- Judicial Committee, Vice Chair
- Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Member

Thanks,
Greg

Colleagues,

Below is my proposed amendment for Item 42, the resolution on housing and domestic care services. I hope the item can pass on consent with this amendment.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 170002.pdf

Thanks,
Greg

Colleagues,

Please find below the amendments I am offering on Item 16 today that I mentioned during Work Session.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 094456.pdf

I look forward to discussing these with you at today's Council Meeting.

Thanks,
Greg

Colleagues, The appreciated the discussion at work session on the Health South property, and I also appreciated how many of us are in agreement that this property can potentially leverage significant amounts of affordable housing. I am open to multiple paths forward to get us to that goal. For that ...

Colleagues, We will begin tomorrow’s Housing and Planning Committee meeting late at 10:30am. I invite the full Council to attend staff’s presentation on NHCD’s priorities and strategies for FY19, as I think it will be very informative to understand how staff is addressing multiple priorities, plans,...

I'm supportive of postponement.

Thanks,
Greg

Thank you to Councilmembers Alter and Flannigan for providing suggestions. We have posted a revised version of the Resolution that reflects CM Alter’s suggestions, reorders the propositions, and includes grammar/clarity edits that were suggested. We have also made edits to include the Faulk Central ...

Council Member Alter, We’ve sent this language to Law so it can be placed correctly and affect the entire document in Item 14. I intend for these amendments to apply to all 3 categories of the business expansion program. I am open to leaving the interpretation of higher-wage jobs up to the City Mana...

Colleagues, I’m providing a revised amendment for the Business Expansion Program item for Thursday’s agenda. After our work session discussion with staff, I’ve reduced the number of amendments from the 5 I handed out this morning to the 3 below: • Incentives should be targeted, and additional incent...

Council Member Flannigan, thank you for your thoughts. Colleagues, here are my thoughts, below. It’s clear from the Council’s June work sessions that our current process isn’t working. But, our community desperately needs us to change the status quo to improve the affordability, mobility, and sustai...

Colleagues, As I mentioned at Tuesday’s work session, I will be making a motion on Thursday to amend Item 54 to allow more types of vehicles to be operated as taxicabs. I will motion to amend Subsection (A) of City Code Section 13-2-489 (Vehicle Design and Age Requirement), which currently reads: § ...

Thank you, Council Member Kitchen, for posting this. It is a difficult task to balance the very important needs of our community, and I think this package reflects the many priorities we have. I appreciate that this proposal makes an honest attempt to address many of the interests expressed at work ...

Mayor,

Thank you for extending this invitation. I plan to join you.

Sincerely,
Greg

Colleagues, please find my motion sheet for Item 57 here: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/D1-20180613180327.pdf My understanding is that staff will be incorporating some of these changes in the morning. Below is a description of what each part contains: - Part 1 – Removes the word “...

Colleagues: On the June 14th agenda, I have sponsored two separate items (73 & 74) related primarily to the police department. I’d like to thank my co-sponsors on Council for their support of these items. Below, I’ve attempted to summarize the intent of the items. While they are two separate ite...

Hi all, I am also sharing my amendment for this item that I suggested at yesterday's work session that I will be presenting tomorrow. Under 4-19-20 Permit Required; Exceptions (B) (2) I would like to remove "for which it is not reasonably possible to provide the advance notice required by this ...

Colleagues, The Housing and Planning Committee meeting on March 27 at 10am will have a briefing from staff and consultants on the affordable housing section of CodeNEXT. To prevent an identical presentation at a special called meeting, I would like to extend an invitation to all Council Members to a...

Colleagues, Please find below the amendments I will be offering tomorrow on Item 4, the adoption of the Austin Strategic Direction 2023 Plan, for the Economic Opportunity & Affordability outcome area and the Safety outcome area. Thank you, Greg Item 4 Amendments --Economic Opportunity & Affo...

Colleagues, Thank you for your input on Item 17 at this morning’s work session. Below I've posted two small amendments. The amendment in the first Be It Resolved is intended to address CM Alter's concern. The amendment in the second Be It Resolved is intended to address CM Flannigan's concern. The c...

Colleagues: My co-sponsors and I greatly appreciate the time you’ve dedicated to the three work sessions before today’s vote on the paid sick days ordinance (Item 49). After much consideration and conversation with community partners, my co-sponsors and I are putting forward the following amended or...

Colleagues, Tomorrow we are scheduled to have a work session related to the Earned Paid Sick Days ordinance. We're posted for 1pm in Council Chambers. However, I understand that several members will be attending a few different lunch events in the community. So, I propose that we gather up in Counci...

Colleagues, An additional note. I have been a part of many democratic processes, but personally, this ordinance is the culmination of one of the most thorough and demanding processes I have been in, given the amount of interested parties, and the sheer number of lengthy meetings and phone calls we h...

Dear Colleagues, MPT Tovo, CM Garza, CM Kitchen and I have uploaded the draft earned sick days ordinance, vetted by our Law Department, to this post (linked below) for your consideration. We ask you and your staff to review the ordinance in the coming days and weeks, and reply to this post with any ...

Colleagues,

Thank you for these suggestions. I've incorporated them and updated the resolution on the agenda.

Best,

Greg

Colleagues, here is an updated draft of my amendment:

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 094736.pdf

Thanks,
Greg