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by Leslie Pool
Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: revised amendment to item 59 (Jan 23, 2020)
Replies: 0
Views: 5483

revised amendment to item 59 (Jan 23, 2020)

Colleagues, here's the revised amendment language for item 59 that I'll offer later this afternoon. Thanks to Emily Gerrick for collaborating with my staff to craft the new text for the Be It Resolved section. The two items are ... 1. Add "misdemeanor" after "low level" throughou...
by Leslie Pool
Thu Jan 23, 2020 1:10 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: revised amendment to item 53 (Jan 23, 2020)
Replies: 0
Views: 5329

revised amendment to item 53 (Jan 23, 2020)

Colleagues, here's the revised amendment language for item 59 that I'll offer later this afternoon. Thanks to Emily Gerrick for collaborating with my staff to craft the new text for the Be It Resolved section. The two items are ... 1. Add "misdemeanor" after "low level" throughou...
by Leslie Pool
Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: amendments to item 59 (Jan 23, 2020)
Replies: 0
Views: 5213

amendments to item 59 (Jan 23, 2020)

Colleagues: I am wholly supportive of our move to de-prioritize misdemeanor marijuana offenses, and I agree with the sponsors that this is the right move in light HB 1325 that came without the necessary funding for testing to support local law enforcement and prosecutors. I would like to make some c...
by Leslie Pool
Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:39 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Suggested format for 11/18 LDC Rewrite work session
Replies: 2
Views: 6407

Re: Suggested format for 11/18 LDC Rewrite work session

colleagues, at our last work session, the mayor asked us to list LDC topics we’d like to discuss. Thanks to the mayor for posting the starter list of discussion topics. We have a few more to add, some of which were mentioned at work session: tax impact (discussion with Travis CAD), parking, protest ...
by Leslie Pool
Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:07 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: resolution for Nov 14 agenda
Replies: 3
Views: 7593

Re: resolution for Nov 14 agenda

And I just got word that CM Ellis has joined as a co-sponsor on item 57, the Red Line Parkway resolution - thanks, Paige!

Leslie
by Leslie Pool
Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:53 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: resolution for Nov 14 agenda
Replies: 3
Views: 7593

Re: resolution for Nov 14 agenda

Thanks, Jimmy! The rail stations will make a big difference in years to come. Thanks for adding your name as a co-sponsor.

Leslie
by Leslie Pool
Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:56 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: resolution for Nov 14 agenda
Replies: 3
Views: 7593

resolution for Nov 14 agenda

colleagues, I am bringing two transit-related resolutions for consideration at the Nov 14 meeting. I welcome your sponsorships and support. Both resolutions advance the Council’s ASMP goal to reduce vehicle travel 50% by 2039 by adding infrastructure that supports alternative modes of travel in our ...
by Leslie Pool
Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:52 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Camping and Sit / Lie Resolution and Ordinance
Replies: 3
Views: 11378

Re: Camping and Sit / Lie Resolution and Ordinance

My thanks to CMs Kitchen and Tovo for bringing this resolution for our consideration in an upcoming Council meeting. I recognize the differences in approach that you've identified and support the tack you're taking with your resolution. I would be glad to offer support as a co-sponsor to bring your ...
by Leslie Pool
Sun Sep 01, 2019 1:29 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: FY20 budget priorities update
Replies: 0
Views: 4837

FY20 budget priorities update

Colleagues, I’d like to provide an update to my earlier post on the upcoming city budget, and to the priorities I laid out for investment in our community’s needs. After reviewing the City Manager’s well-crafted budget, I am very supportive of the focus on the needs of those experiencing homelessnes...
by Leslie Pool
Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:38 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Austin Water Oversight Committee of Council
Replies: 5
Views: 10351

Re: Austin Water Oversight Committee of Council

Mayor, thanks for the prompt about the new Water Oversight Committee and also much appreciation for CM Alter's work to constitute this new oversight entity. I would like to reaffirm my interest in serving on the new committee. I'm vice chair of Audit & Finance and AE Oversight and, as I do not c...
by Leslie Pool
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:45 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: CM Pool Budget Priorities
Replies: 0
Views: 4851

CM Pool Budget Priorities

Colleagues: This will be the last fiscal year before the effect of the 3.5% revenue cap imposed upon our city by the state legislature is fully realized. That means striking an appropriate balance this budget season between setting aside revenue for the stormy days ahead and shoring up important inv...
by Leslie Pool
Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:13 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Working on an Equity & Women’s Rights agenda
Replies: 0
Views: 4416

Working on an Equity & Women’s Rights agenda


Colleagues, in light of recent events in Texas and around the country, I am working on an Equity & Women’s Rights agenda to bring forward sometime in the fall for action. I wanted to give you an idea early on in this process to invite you to join me in crafting the agenda. For example, under th...
by Leslie Pool
Sat May 25, 2019 11:45 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Responding to Alabama's abortion ban
Replies: 3
Views: 9827

Re: Responding to Alabama's abortion ban

postscript ... I hope you will join me, my co-sponsors, and key advocates - NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, Lilith Fund, and Planned Parenthood Greater Texas - in supporting this resolution. Please let me know if you have any additional feedback - thanks!

Best,

Leslie
by Leslie Pool
Sat May 25, 2019 11:11 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Responding to Alabama's abortion ban
Replies: 3
Views: 9827

Responding to Alabama's abortion ban

Colleagues: I wanted to make sure anyone looking for the resolution in the previous thread is able to find it easily here, below. Thank you again for participating in the important dialogue around the resolution I have drafted in response to Alabama’s newly signed anti-abortion law. I believe that t...
by Leslie Pool
Thu May 23, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: resolution to boycott Alabama.
Replies: 9
Views: 19853

Re: resolution to boycott Alabama.

Colleagues, since posting my original message about boycotting Alabama, I have received a tremendous amount of support. I have also worked hard to draft a resolution that takes into account the feedback and concerns that have been raised. For example, the resolution clearly states that we oppose the...
by Leslie Pool
Tue May 21, 2019 9:48 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: resolution to boycott Alabama.
Replies: 9
Views: 19853

Re: resolution to boycott Alabama.

MPT Garza, thank you very much for your feedback. I see this boycott as being very similar to Austin's boycott of Arizona from 2010-2018 - a boycott that I supported and one that was in effect for four years after we started the new 10-1 council until City Manager Cronk lifted it last year. So there...
by Leslie Pool
Fri May 17, 2019 11:23 am
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: resolution to boycott Alabama.
Replies: 9
Views: 19853

resolution to boycott Alabama.

Colleagues, In response to Alabama’s newly signed anti-abortion law – the most restrictive in the country – I am drafting a resolution for the June 6 Council agenda that would prohibit the city from doing business with Alabama, including any staff travel to the state for meetings or conventions. Ala...
by Leslie Pool
Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:53 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Amendments to the LDC Draft for our May 2 meeting
Replies: 9
Views: 20194

Amendments to the LDC Draft for our May 2 meeting

Colleagues, After listening to the concerns of Flood Mitigation Task Force members and residents in District 7, I am bringing amendments that include environmental protections and floodplain regulations as stated priorities in our new code. I salute my colleagues for their commitment to protecting A...
by Leslie Pool
Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:58 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: LDC Direction Policy Direction Document
Replies: 22
Views: 41935

Re: LDC Direction Policy Direction Document

Colleagues: My amendments posted here speak to my overall desire to get back to the basics of what the City Manager and our staff are asking us to do: give broad policy direction for the land development code rewrite and mapping. Over the past several weeks, we have debated the questions posed in th...
by Leslie Pool
Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:18 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: LDC Direction Policy Direction Document
Replies: 22
Views: 41935

Re: LDC Direction Policy Direction Document

Colleagues, here is the link to the text of an amendment I will offer tomorrow. It covers the work that CM Kitchen and I did to ensure our Land Development Code includes District-area (Small Area) Planning. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/F6-20190423152645.pdf I will have additional...
by Leslie Pool
Tue Apr 16, 2019 1:26 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Climate Resilience Resolution for our May 9 agenda
Replies: 0
Views: 5664

Climate Resilience Resolution for our May 9 agenda

Colleagues, We have all been reading about the existential threats facing us in regards to climate change. I have drafted a resolution that seeks to build in resiliency throughout our community to help us better prepare and respond to severe climate events. I welcome your input on this resolution an...
by Leslie Pool
Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:30 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Item #33: Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP)
Replies: 9
Views: 19384

Re: Item #33: Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP)

Colleagues, as promised earlier today in our work session, here are the amendments that I will offer on Thursday. My staff worked with the ASMP team to vet the amendments. They helped craft the wording offered here and have no objections to them being adopted. Amendments: Language on Transit Priorit...
by Leslie Pool
Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:23 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Response to LDC Revision Policy Questions
Replies: 14
Views: 30056

Re: Response to LDC Revision Policy Questions

Colleagues: I appreciate all the posted comments and proposals that will prepare us for our discussions, and I am in general agreement with much of it. I would like to share this addition to our collective direction from CM Kitchen and myself. -- Leslie From Leslie & Ann: We agree with the Mayor...
by Leslie Pool
Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:27 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Response to LDC Revision Policy Questions
Replies: 14
Views: 30056

Re: Response to LDC Revision Policy Questions

Colleagues, thanks for your thoughtful comments here. I am in general agreement throughout, in particular with the Mayor's added and specific language relating to policy goals and long-range planning. I am especially supportive of putting the new measuring tool from the UT Gentrification report, &qu...
by Leslie Pool
Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:24 pm
Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
Topic: Response to LDC Revision Policy Questions
Replies: 14
Views: 30056

Re: Response to LDC Revision Policy Questions

Colleagues, thanks for your thoughtful comments here. I am in general agreement throughout, in particular with the Mayor's added and specific language relating to policy goals and long-range planning. I am especially supportive of putting the new measuring tool from the UT Gentrification report, &qu...