City of Austin Council Message Board

Tomorrow I plan to propose an amendment to the job responsibilities that uses different language to accomplish the intent of the Mayor's original suggestion posted above. Before posting here, I shared the language below with the Mayor and Mr. Newton. I understand that the Mayor has communicated with...

Colleagues, I have the following questions related to Imagine Austin implementation and the Growth Concept Map: 1. On page 118 of Imagine Austin, LUT P4 states that we should, “protect neighborhood character by directing growth to areas of change that include designated redevelopment areas, corridor...

Dear Colleagues, Item #43 on the agenda this Thursday is to "Approve a resolution reflecting changes to the review process for adoption of a new Land Development Code, commonly referred to as CodeNext, to provide for additional drafts and commission review" - [http://austin.siretechnologie...

Here is a link to the new proposed language governing the coordinating committee's composition.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 91225.docx

As mentioned in work session, we added two Council appointed ESD4 Community Representatives.

At last week’s CodeNext session, the consultants suggested that T3 on a 50'x135' lot would produce 3,300 s.f. vs. SF-3 yielding 2,700 s.f. That suggests a 600 sq feet increase in entitlement. I know these were calculations done on the fly so I am requesting further clarification. Specifically, I wou...

Dear Colleagues, This morning at work session I proposed that we consider adding a fourth version of the draft code / maps to our CodeNext process. Since two of our colleagues were out of town on city business and we also adjusted the agenda timing for the CodeNext discussion, I wanted to take a mom...

Broadly speaking, I am interested in seeing models of different scenarios that would help us understand the mass, scaling and density of the proposed code in particular instances. I have the following questions for work session tomorrow: 1. What other tools were considered for management of scale/ma...

Thank you Mayor Pro Tem Tovo for kicking off this discussion. The City Charter requires that land development regulations be consistent with the comprehensive plan. I think it would be useful for us to discuss how the CodeNext draft map and text may or may not be following the guidelines laid out in...

Dear Colleagues, I am posting the questions I shared in hard copy during Tuesday’s work session related to the proposed budget amendment of $3.5 million for AFD overtime (http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/15-20170518083308.pdf). Some of the answers can be found in this week’s Q&A ...

Dear Colleagues, It was already Friday morning when we finished our 2nd reading discussion of the Austin Oaks case. Part of what stretched our talks into such a late hour was an attempt to reconcile the numbers upon which we were making our decisions. Specifically, I was trying to understand the und...

Dear colleagues, I will be making a motion to postpone the 2nd reading of the Austin Oaks PUD zoning case (Item #39) on the February 2nd agenda until the February 16th agenda. The applicant is in agreement about the postponement to give my office additional time to work with stakeholders, including ...