City of Austin Council Message Board

Colleagues: We have three briefings scheduled for our work session this morning, each estimated to run about 30 minutes each. To allow us to work through our pulled discussion items at the start of the meeting, I have discussed with the City Manager's office that we will not take up the briefings be...

Next week, Councilmembers Troxclair, Houston, Flannigan, and I will introduce a resolution directing the City Manager to bring forth recommended changes to our City’s Economic Incentives program. We recognize others on the Council are also interested and/or working on this issue and we welcome suppo...

Colleagues: Tomorrow is Texas Muslim Capitol Day hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), so I am planning to leave our work session at 10:30 am for the capitol and return at 11:00. We have a number of discussion items to go over tomorrow, so depending on the will of the group, we...

After hearing from some of our colleagues, and the all-too-brief conversation we had at the strategic workshop, it seems we should place on the 1/24 Council work session agenda some continued work on committees and meeting management. It’s also been suggested that we allow for public input before di...

Council Colleagues: As we rapidly approach the year’s first meeting, we must consider appointments to intergovernmental bodies to fill vacancies and to accommodate council members. Here are the current vacancies and proposed appointments: CAMPO: 2 CM Garza has indicated she would prefer to transitio...

Council Member Pool and Colleagues: In preparation for Thursday’s workshop, I wanted to lay out some thoughts. First, I want to thank CM Pool for her posting and the work and interest she and her quorum are putting to this issue. Together with our new council colleagues, we should always be looking ...

Colleagues: I am looking forward to spending two productive days with you at our Council workshop next week, scheduled from 9am – 3pm on Jan. 11 and 12 at the AT&T Conference Center. Staff is working with a consultant on the agenda, which I'm told will be made available by close of business tomo...

Council Member colleagues, At this link (http://www.mayoradler.com/omnibus-activation-resolution-draft-122116/) is a draft resolution that activates several programs that staff identified in response to the Austin Music and Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution and that were approved in the most rec...

Colleagues: Have a great and safe holiday. I wanted to share some initial, preliminary, high-level ideas that I’ve exchanged with some of our colleagues including Ann, and this posting is intended to spark a conversation. I look forward to the Council workshop on January 11 and 12, 2017, when we’ll ...

Council Members, I look forward to our next joint meeting of the Council and CodeNEXT CAG tomorrow afternoon. I want to be sure that you all see the proposed CodeNEXT timeline in advance of the meeting, as this is the document which will guide much of our discussion. Please see link below. http://ww...

Colleagues, Updates on additional time certains and postponements on tomorrow's agenda: Items #6, #43: Request for 1pm time certain (Gallo/Adler) Item #21: Request for 11am time certain (Kitchen/Adler) Item #12: Request for postponement from stakeholders Item #62: Request for postponement from neigh...

Council members, Tomorrow, we (Adler, Casar, Garza) intend to offer an amendment to the Pilot Knob PUD ordinance, item #32, to not specify a funding mechanism for the owner-occupied affordable housing, and instead to keep this issue open pending further Council consideration and action, following re...

Colleagues, Because we do not have a work session this week, I’d like to update you on where some of our zoning items stand. Regarding the Grove, I propose we postpone Item #63 on this week’s agenda, allowing a scheduled mediation session to be held on November 19th without further Council action, a...

Council Members, Special Called Meeting of the Austin City Council with the Land Development Code Advisory Group (CAG) October 19th 2016 at 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Town Lake Center Room 130 721 Barton Springs Rd., Austin, TX 78704 We are nearing major milestones in the Code Next process to re-write our land...

Council Members, After making three priority decisions totaling $850,000 based on the Quality of Life Commissions' recommendations, I am posting a draft rider for the process to consider the balance of the $2.1 million. Steve -- Quality of Life Rider http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/...

Council Members Attached is new iteration of the budget worksheet. Also attached is a listing of Quality of Commissions' priorities that total each to $700,000. Thanks. Steve -- Budget worksheet http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/32-20160912083642.pdf Quality of Life priorities http://...

Tomorrow’s budget work session will start at 1 pm (rather than 10 am) so that those wishing may attend Senior Officer Amir Abdul-Khaliq's memorial service. Taking into account our prior work sessions and input from colleagues, attached is a chart showing proposed changes in revenue and expenses to t...

Council Members,

We will be convening tomorrow's Budget Work Session at 1:00 pm instead of 10:00 am to accommodate Council Members who plan to attend Officer Abdul-Khaliq's memorial service.

Thank you.

Council Members,

Please see link below to a letter from Capital Idea regarding its good efforts to expand its reach and reduce its costs, in part responsive to Council comments from last year.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 145435.pdf

Colleagues: Linked below are the two documents we discussed at the public work session today. The first came from Dr. Washington and has his list of threshold questions as well as a possible timeline. The second comes from me and MPT Tovo as possible elements of the engagement process and that could...

Council Members, Our first 10-1 Council has accomplished much, yet we have fallen short establishing a consistent tone and message of respect and civility from the dais. Let’s do better – for each other, our community and our staff. When we hear statements and comments that exhibit prejudice or raci...

Council Members, I also anticipate separately offering the below amendment to the draft resolution: Insert in the second Resolved clause a new Sub Section (D) and adjust all other sub sections as needed: (D) In reviewing and approving the Corridor Construction Program, the City Council shall be guid...

Council Members, Below is a link to a further revised draft resolution that will be offered for Council consideration tomorrow, and incorporates changes requested by bond counsel and council members. This is language that both Council Member Kitchen and I are prepared to support tomorrow, subject to...

Council Members, The staff has asked that we tend to the concept menu to see if there are any items that might not enjoy enough support to be maintained on the list at this point. Attached I have highlighted some concept menu items that I think we could talk about at the Council meeting tomorrow as ...

Council Members, I am still working with council offices and our law department on potential amendments to the draft resolution that is part of our contract with the voters for the mobility bond, however I have posted below the latest red-lined draft for your review. I will post any additional propo...