City of Austin Council Message Board

As the City of Austin's representative to the Coordinating Committee of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, I'm pleased to note the upcoming meeting set for May 27 in Council Chambers, and to invite all to attend. AGENDA Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Coordinating Committee May 27, 2...

I have submitted these names for consideration at our next Council meeting (May 7): Aletta Banks, Asian-American Quality of Life Commission John M. King, Economic Prosperity Commission Elizabeth McQueen, Music Commission Terri Myers, Historic Landmark Commission Hayden Black Walker, Design Commissio...

I can see pluses and minuses to sending an issue to multiple committees. Example .... (there are more, this is just a quick touch on the topic) Pluses include committee focus on specific angles, leading to more individualized review. Minuses include continued silo-ing of issues where common interest...

Colleagues, I support rescinding this nomination and would like to put a process in place that will keep this unfortunate situation from recurring. Now is a good time to add more transparency to our nominations process. A first step could be posting on the message board our lists of nominees in the ...

I support the amendments proffered by CM Zimmerman.

All, I support this effort and am very interested in the analysis and roll out of the Zucker Report. My staff and I plan to attend the Zucker briefings scheduled for April 8 at the Palmer Events Center. I also look forward to discussion on the Mayor's resolution relating to improvement metrics for t...

All, the resolution we passed at a recent Council meeting directs the committee on Open Space, Environment and Sustainability to appoint three people to the Parkland Events Task Force, in addition to each of us making a single appointment. I'd like to compile a list of people that you may recommend ...

the line up for the CAG resolution looks like this :: Mayor Adler, sponsor; CMs Houston, Kitchen, Pool, co-sponsors. One of us will post the resolution language in a short while. Thanks, all.

Leslie

CM Kitchen, given the press surrounding staff's recent approvals for Lyft and, later, Uber to pick up passengers at AIBA, it would be helpful to all of us if we could see copies of the contracts/agreements inked for both TNCs, and possibly have an update on that angle under your TNC item #3. Thanks....

oops - name of the specific group is CODE Advisory Group .... and they're citizens!

All, I have talked with Mary Ingle, President of the ANC, about the following resolution. I support adding two new members to the CodeNEXT Citizen Advisory Group, and would like to co-sponsor and work with whomever may be working on this item, too. My understanding is that current CAG members remain...

All, quick heads up on meetings of the Open Space, Environment and Sustainability committee (CM Pool, chair; CM Garza, vice chair; MPT Tovo and CM Zimmerman): Regular meetings for the Open Space cmte are the fourth Wednesday from 2 to 5 p.m., Boards and Commissions room. Public hearings will general...

CM Gallo, thanks for asking for additional topics. One specific item that is time sensitive and should be taken up in our first round of discussions is the generation plan and the Request For Proposal for up to 600 mw of solar. The RFP would compile most current pricing information on solar. It make...

All, I've been meaning to offer up some suggestions for people with the specific kinds of experiences we might look for when making appointments to the Council's Community Engagement Task Force. The TF mission statement is included at the bottom of this entry. NOTE: I would ask you to make your appo...

Vanessa, I've contacted Grover Bynum with the Austin Technology Council about him participating on Friday's panel of Economic Development - specifically the Innovation segment. He and Julie Huls, president of ATC, may have time in their schedules, but we should check in with them both soonest. Eithe...

Vanessa, I see Roger Duncan listed as "Other Voices" - I recommend shifting him to a panel slot, please, for couple good reasons: former Council Member, former AE general mgr, and of course a long-time Austin resident. Roger has a very good perspective on AE's evolution and would be excell...

Related to the new pieces in the City Hall Art Gallery, I would like to shine light on the very cool effort spearheaded by my friend Lynn Osgood and which takes 10-one to a new, artistic level: Drawing Lines, an art concept funded through a grant with ArtPlace America. The Drawing Lines project is a...

CM Kitchen - thanks! and I'll stop by to see the fab art from D5. I have a start on art in my office, too .... come by to see! It's a piece called Ascension that is a print of an original Don Edelman work. My dear friends, Connie & Shawn Malone, went to great effort to get the print and have it ...

CM Tovo, I would like to work with you on this resolution. Thanks.

Leslie
Chair, Open Space, Environment & Sustainability Cmte

Mayor, thanks for providing the opportunity to respond. I support your sending the letter and recognize the substance of the letter describes the status of the situation as it stands and requests guidance from our federal partner. This is entirely in keeping with our responsibilities as the Council....

All, we will be looking at making appointments to the Council Task Force on Community Engagement very soon, as well, and knowing how the process works (thanks, Shannon!) will be very helpful. I will have additional criteria to post here, under a new topic, that will help guide and inform your choice...

all, I have advised the Agenda Office of my intent to be a co-sponsor of the resolution CM Casar is offering.

thanks,

Leslie

John-Michael, thanks! If you could double check the URL, that would be helpful. It's not giving me the doc.

Thank you!

Leslie

All, I am drafting an amendment to Item 26 to delete Intergovernmental Relations as a committee at our meeting tomorrow, based on our discussion at work session yesterday. I believe another amendment will be offered to combine the Audit and Finance Committees into one. By my count, with these change...

Here's the full link for Ann's pdf .... basically just copy this and paste into your browser and the document should appear. (Reason the link above doesn't work is the "f" is left off at the end.) http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/91081070-FAEE-3E4B-9FCDC00654F3B1CC1B1F5ACD4...