City of Austin Council Message Board

The first extreme winter weather storm of this year arrives later tonight. Temperatures have been in the 20s all day today, but it’s been feeling like somewhere in the teens, and it’s only getting colder. The National Weather Service is now predicting a higher chance of precipitation like freezing r...

Council: Thank you for sharing your input on Council committee assignments and intergovernmental entity appointments. I am including an updated redline version of the Council committee assignments for 2024. This version incorporates previous changes and redlines new changes. I want to bring to your ...

Council:

Please see version 2 of the intergovernmental body appointments document. This version corrects an error.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 163204.pdf

Kirk

On behalf of Mayor Watson

Council Members: I will be at the U.S. Conference of Mayors next week. I have some speaking roles and meetings with federal officials scheduled, along with attending various meetings that are part of the general conference. Mayor Pro Tem Pool will preside at the work session and council meeting. I w...

Council Members: As promised, I’m forwarding a redline version of the proposed list of city council committees and other appointments of council members. This version includes all the input that’s been received by posts on the message board. I’ll call attention to the Housing and Planning Committee....

Council Members: I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I’m looking forward to the upcoming new year. And as we prepare to start that new year, I want to give a general update on our national City Manager search that’s being led by Mosaic Public Partners. Council Members Pool, Fuentes, Ve...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. Speakers will be able to donate time. Time may be donated for up to 4 additional minutes for 6 minutes total. Speakers wishing to d...

Colleagues,

Please see the redline version 2 of my proposed amendment.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 141054.pdf

Thanks,

Kirk
On behalf of Mayor Watson

Council: Here is my plan for the Special Called City Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will begin with brief remarks from staff. I will then call on Council Members to layout any proposed amendments. This will allow for transparency on what is being considered. While we wo...

Council Members, As we approach the end of the year, we need to organize Council Committee assignments and assignments from the Council to intergovernmental bodies for 2024. The plan would be for the Council to discuss this at our upcoming Work Session on December 12, 2023, but not take action until...

Colleagues, As you know, this week, we will be having a special-called Council meeting to discuss the proposed HOME ordinance. Before Thursday, I wanted to share an amendment that I plan on presenting at our meeting. During the Planning Commission meeting last month, there was a recommendation to in...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. Speakers will be able to donate time. Time may be donated for up to 4 minutes for 6 minutes total. Speakers wishing to donate time ...

Council Members: I’m sorry to start your day this way. At approximately 4:10 this morning, we had an Officer involved shooting in South Austin. One of our SWAT Officers is dead. Another Officer was shot and is in surgery at Dell Seton Medical Center. There were two deceased people found in the house...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. Speakers will be able to donate time. Time may be donated for up to 4 minutes of donated time or 6 minutes total time for the speak...

Council: Here is my proposed schedule for the Work Session tomorrow, November 7th, 2023. We will begin promptly at 9am. We will start the day with items pulled for discussion. Items 6,16, and 15 have been pulled at this time. We will then hear the briefings on items B2 and B3. Following the briefing...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. Speakers will be able to donate time. Time may be donated for up to 4 minutes for 6 minutes total. Speakers wishing to donate time ...

Please see the correct link to the ordinance below.

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 130618.pdf

On behalf of Mayor Watson

Colleagues – I would like to highlight Item 25 on this week’s agenda. This IFC is the same ordinance that has been passed by council for several years in row. It waives and modifies certain code requirements for the March 2024 SXSW festival. My co-sponsors and I are asking Council to consider one ad...

Council: Here is my proposed schedule for the Joint City Council and Planning Commission meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 2:00 PM. I will call the City Council meeting to order, and Chair Shaw will convene the Planning Commission meeting. I will then open the public hearing for both bodie...

Council: As a follow up to my message board post on Friday, I wanted to make sure you are aware of the draft ordinance and summary of proposed changes that was circulated by the agenda office. I have included a link to the draft ordinance and summary of changes below. I requested that Staff draft an...

Council: I’m looking forward to the joint City Council and Planning Commission meeting that’s set for Thursday, October 26th at 2:00pm. The meeting will be held in City Council Chambers. We have worked with City Staff and we will bring in infrastructure to create a second temporary dais that will be...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you would like to be recognized...

Council Members: The Council Committee assigned with recommending a search firm to help us with the national search for a new city manager has made a decision and will recommend Mosaic Public Partners to the Council. As you know, the Committee is Mayor Pro Tem Ellis, Council Member Fuentes, Council ...

Council: Rabbi Daniel Septimus is inviting you to a gathering of the Austin Community tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm to show support and solidarity for our Jewish family in Austin. Shalom Austin and Jewish institutions in the greater Austin area are hosting this opportunity for us to reinforce our comm...

Council: Here is my plan for the Council meeting tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 10am. We will hear public testimony on consent items. Speakers will have 2 minutes. We will then vote on the consent agenda with brief remarks from Council. Please let Colleen know if you would like to be recognized...