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- Wed Oct 11, 2017 4:04 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 19
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7741
Item 19
At our meeting tomorrow, I will be requesting a one week postponement of Item 19, the audit plan. This will allow us to have a conversation in work session with Corrie Stokes, the auditor, present. She was out of town this week at a conference. I had a chance to speak with her today and she indicate...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:26 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Audit Topics
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7006
Audit Topics
Dear Colleagues, At last week’s Audit and Finance Committee meeting I shared with the committee a handful of audit topics that I hope make the list for the FY18 Audit Plan. I am posting them here so that you also may have access to them. For your context, each item on my list was identified as a pot...
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:56 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 55 - Paid Sick Leave stakeholders
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11657
Re: Item 55 - Paid Sick Leave stakeholders
I appreciated the productive conversation on item 55 at Tuesday's work session. Thank you Mr. Casar for incorporating the Austin Asian Chamber and the other groups highlighted by CMs Houston and Flannigan into the invited participants list. As I mentioned in work session, I also would like to see AI...
- Fri Sep 22, 2017 4:12 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Downtown Puzzle Work Session 9/22?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20665
Re: Downtown Puzzle Work Session 9/22?
As multiple colleagues have expressed, I too would welcome the opportunity to examine the many elements in item 52 more deeply. I sense that there is discomfort over more than just the process here. Fundamentally, we have not had a chance to craft either the frame nor the elements of the vision for ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:12 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work session
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9045
Re: Code Next work session
Mayor Pro Tem, I agree that it would be helpful to schedule one or more sessions before the 2nd draft of CodeNEXT is released on Sept. 15. I would prefer the 7th afternoon given an option. Based on recent discussions at the Planning Commission, we should spend some time reviewing the timetable as we...
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:18 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Beyond Diversity Training Opportunity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7458
Re: Beyond Diversity Training Opportunity
Dear Colleagues, I posted the below opportunity during a break in a Council meeting and I wanted to draw it to your attention again in case you missed it. I have heard directly or indirectly from 4 other offices that would like all of their staff to attend the Beyond Diversity training recommended b...
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:26 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Beyond Diversity Training Opportunity
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7458
Beyond Diversity Training Opportunity
Dear Colleagues, As we well know, the violence we have seen nationally in the past few days, our community’s struggle with SB4, our local history with segregation (http://bit.ly/2v1cuLs), and the situation faced by children and families in our region (http://bit.ly/2uHXVku) are strong indicators of ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:52 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Regarding Agenda Item #15: City Manager Search
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7673
Re: Regarding Agenda Item #15: City Manager Search
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...
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:53 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 06/28 CodeNEXT Worksession
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9052
Re: 06/28 CodeNEXT Worksession
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...
- Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:30 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: CodeNext Process - Item # 43
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6195
CodeNext Process - Item # 43
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...
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:17 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: ESD4
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5529
ESD4
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.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 91225.docx
As mentioned in work session, we added two Council appointed ESD4 Community Representatives.
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:11 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: CodeNEXT work session 06/14
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11087
Re: CodeNEXT work session 06/14 and 6/13
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...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:18 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: CodeNext Process
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6884
CodeNext Process
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...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:10 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work session 06/07
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12466
Re: Code Next work session 06/07
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...
- Tue May 23, 2017 5:25 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work sessions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 39907
Ideas for CodeNext work sessions
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...
- Thu May 18, 2017 8:59 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: AFD Budget Amendment 5.18.2017 Questions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6274
AFD Budget Amendment 5.18.2017 Questions
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 ...
- Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:13 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Oaks
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6372
Austin Oaks
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...
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:23 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Oaks Postponement
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7433
Austin Oaks Postponement
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 ...