City of Austin Council Message Board

Council members,

I plan to offer the following amendment to item #31 today. Copies will be distributed on the dais.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 135434.pdf

Colleagues: I appreciate the past few weeks of discussion regarding setting ballot language for the mobility bond and hope to move that conversation forward. Following the staff’s recommended form, staying consistent with what we approved in June but making small changes to reflect points made by Co...

Council Members, The Mayor's Office is providing a Council budget concept submission form for your use. The form has been developed with the Financial Services department and will facilitate the submission and timely processing of Council budget concepts requests. If you have any questions please no...

Council Members, I am providing what I think captures our discussion in providing direction to City Manager Ott for next year's performance review from our last meeting. MPT Tovo assisted me with these notes. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Steve -- Dear City Manager Ott: While you...

07/05/16 Council Colleagues, At our June 1 meeting we discussed the process and identified several decision points remaining to proceed in implementing this process. There were several areas to determine before finalizing. As we were unable to finalize this before our break, MPT Tovo and I have agre...

the link below is to the amended resolution on the dais.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 215242.pdf

Council: Attached are amendments to the secret money ordinance, Item 20, for tomorrow's agenda. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/CE-20160622211638.pdf Here is a summary of the amendments: Summary of Nine Amendments • The amendments create new criteria for reporting and disclosing con...

Council Members, Below is a link to proposed amendments to the IFC introduced last week related to a potential 2016 Bond Program which is posted as item 83 on this week’s agenda. Also linked below is an update of the proposed bond program detail we discussed last week as a starting place for our dis...

Colleagues, This Wednesday, June 22 at noon we will have an executive session to evaluate the performance of, and consider compensation and benefits for the City Manager. An important goal for the executive session is to discuss Section 6 of the Council Appointee Evaluation Form. This section sets o...

06/20/16 Council Member colleagues, Attached is the presentation I provided on June 1 concerning a proposed Council budget development process. At our June 1 meeting we discussed the process and identified 6 decision points remaining to proceed in implementing this process. These are the 6 areas we ...

Council, Below is a link to the document I have handed out on the dais this morning. I see this as a starting point for our discussion of a potential $720 million mobility bond program in November. This proposed program reflects a continued focus on transformative investments in our major corridors,...

Council:

Attached below please find the results of our retreat yesterday.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 02646.docx

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 02700.xlsx

This is an update to our Council Policy Priorities Retreat scheduled on Monday, June 13 and Tuesday, June 14. • Attached is a revised schedule. • This retreat is only a taste of what a strategic planning process could be. At the end of the second day, let’s discuss whether or not we want to initiate...

Council Members: Below is a link to a draft resolution regarding a potential November 2016 Mobility Bond. We have posted for discussion at the June 14th meeting of the Council Mobility Committee, to which the entire Council is invited to participate. The resolution currently reflects a $720 Million ...

Attached is the latest version of the Council Retreat agenda scheduled for June 13th and 14th. We corrected typos and added a group exercise and shifted some times. If you have any additional feedback please contact Frank Rodriguez in my office. Thanks! Mayor Steve Adler http://assets.austintexas.go...

Please see the attached regarding the City Council June 13 and 14 Policy Priorities Retreat.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 170404.pdf
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 170445.pdf

Below is a link to the document I have handed out on the dais at this morning related to the Council Budget Development Process.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 093151.pdf

All:

Please note that today's budget work session will be in the Council Chambers to allow for more attendance.

s

Council:

Don't Rush tomorrow! We'll start the budget work session at 10 am.

http://movabilityaustin.org/dontrush.html

Thanks,

s

Council:

Here are the revised dates -- please let Barbara know your availability:

May 18
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 26 pm
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30

Thanks,

s

Council: Understanding that council's goal is to find one full day and one half day for the continued evaluation and retreat, please let Barbara know your availability for the following days: 5/19 all day 5/20 ½ day in the morning 5/21 all day 5/27 all day 5/28 all day Thank you, s

Council:

It appears that we will not have critical mass to continue on Tuesday, so we will discuss scheduling this moving forward at the beginning of the work session. Please come prepared with your scheduling assistants to find a time to continue the evaluation.

Thank you,

s

Council:

On Tuesday afternoon, we will continue the Manager's evaluation after lunch and the conclusion of the work session. Please keep the afternoon free, if possible.

s

This posting is to address the work session schedule for May 17. The Council has the opportunity to attend/participate in a stakeholder roundtable with the Secretary of Transportation who will be in Austin the morning of May 17. (This is a week prior to the City’s submittal of our final Smart City M...

The Mayor Pro Tem and I recommend we proceed with completing the Manager’s review as follows. (NOTE: This scenario does not have us addressing the matter in executive session this week.) Rather than meet this week, the Council will next do a day and a half “retreat” on dates to be determined (we’ll ...