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- Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:41 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Bond Proposal Amendment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16142
Bond Proposal Amendment
Colleagues, Below I have linked a proposed approach to address the priorities that several of you raised today at work session including: - affordable housing - parks (Guerrero, Trevino) - pools - urban trails - MACC - creative spaces This proposal preserves funding for bridge repairs as well as our...
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:12 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Density Bonus / fee-in-lieu
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6223
Density Bonus / fee-in-lieu
Colleagues: Below is my attempt to capture our CodeNext discussion yesterday morning regarding a request to staff to provide potential approaches to the approval process for fee-in-lieu requests for the density bonus program. Here's the proposed language for this request to staff. Please add, change...
- Wed May 09, 2018 12:02 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Planning Commission Item #16
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7245
Planning Commission Item #16
On behalf of Council Member Kitchen: Motion to replace Options A and B; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN: Delete Parts 1 and 2. Replace Part 3 with the following: Administrative Requirements. (A) The City Manager, in consultation with the City Clerk, is directe...
- Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:25 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: RE: Parkland Protection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9707
- Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:16 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: RE: Parkland Protection
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9707
RE: Parkland Protection
All As co-sponsors, we are posting a resolution for consideration at our February 15th Council meeting that directs our staff to: - Remove the city parkland (Butler Shores in Zilker Park, Roy Guerrero Park) as possible locations for a MLS stadium - Provide more in-depth analysis of the McKalla Lane ...
- Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:29 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 12/14 Agenda Item 98
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6586
12/14 Agenda Item 98
Regarding agenda item 98: Over the course of the last couple of years the identified area has had an increase in the number of persons experiencing homelessness and those who prey on that vulnerable population and area residents. Multiple meetings were held, particularly in since late Spring, to ide...
- Tue Aug 15, 2017 4:27 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Street Rename
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6869
Street Rename
Colleagues, Per our conversation today at worksession, I, along with the Mayor, CMs Pool, Casar, Tovo and Alter, will be submitting applications to rename Robert E. Lee Road and Jeff Davis Avenue. If you would also like to have your name listed on the application, please let me know here. Thanks, An...
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:07 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Agenda Item 33, Aug 10
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5755
Agenda Item 33, Aug 10
CM Kitchen offers the following amendments incorporated into MPT Tovo's resolution on potential temprary shelters for colleagues' consideration. Thank you.
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 155839.pdf
http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 155839.pdf
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 57, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5197
Item 57, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
All I will be proposing the following amendments to Agenda Item #57 as discussed at Tuesday's work session: Amendment 1: In the first Be it Resolved clause, add “the Strategic Housing Blueprint” to the list of plans with which the City Manager will assess alignment so that the clause reads “…aligns ...
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:10 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Budget Process
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7663
Re: Council Budget Process
Mayor Thank you for posting the suggested approach to our budget process this year. The process works well and is intended to provide more transparency for the public and each of us - as we work together with staff to finalize the budget. The proposed process works well and I have only a few questio...
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 4:20 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Gentrification & Displacement Initiative
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13980
Re: Gentrification & Displacement Initiative
CM Pool I appreciate your leadership and efforts on this issue and look forward to co-sponsoring the initiative with you and other Councilmembers. I also am familiar with Dr. Mueller's work and pleased to have the opportunity for her expertise on this project. Best Regards Ann Kitchen City Council D5
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:51 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: 06/21 CodeNEXT Worksession
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6763
Re: 06/21 CodeNEXT Worksession
All Last week I proposed on the Message Board and discussed at the Work Session an approach to addressing the small area planning process. As part of that discussion, Council requested that staff/consultants come forward with an approach and reflect that approach in the next draft of CodeNext mappin...
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:59 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Suggested approach to Small Area Planning and Code Next
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4969
Suggested approach to Small Area Planning and Code Next
All CodeNext alignment with Imagine Austin for all of Austin is one of the goals of CodeNext, both now and in the future. So that all parts of Austin have the opportunity for more transportation options (e.g. less congested roads, transit options etc) walkable neighborhoods, housing choices, jobs cl...
- Wed May 31, 2017 7:26 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work sessions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 38308
Re: Code Next work sessions
All
I would also like to add the RPP (Residential Parking Program) to the parking discussion. I am hearing concerns that this program is being discontinued. The program is an important solution for parking issues in many areas.
THANKS
Ann Kitchen
City Council D5
I would also like to add the RPP (Residential Parking Program) to the parking discussion. I am hearing concerns that this program is being discontinued. The program is an important solution for parking issues in many areas.
THANKS
Ann Kitchen
City Council D5
- Wed May 31, 2017 3:12 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work sessions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 38308
Re: Code Next work sessions
All I'm proposing the following changes to the schedule: 1) Switch out the Infrastructure needs and planning / flooding to either June 14 or June 21 or 26. I think we will need 1.5 hours 2) Continue conversation about the timeline post April (eg after adopting) - specifically including small area pl...
- Wed May 31, 2017 1:19 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work session 5/31/17
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6560
Re: Code Next work session 5/31/17
Suggested switch out of agenda items: Please move the infrastructure needs and planning / flooding to another day for the CodeNext discussion. I would like to allow for 1.5 hours for this discussion - 1 hour will likely not be sufficient. I suggest switching out topics with the June 14th. Alternativ...
- Thu May 25, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Code Next work sessions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 38308
Re: Code Next work sessions
Thank you all for your comments on Code Next Work Sessions. Here are initial thoughts on sessions: 1) I would ask that we have our first CodeNext discussion on either May 30th or 31st and that we set the meeting as a priority at a time certain - inotherwords, if we push to the end of an agenda, we w...
- Thu May 04, 2017 2:27 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: May 11 Council Meeting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17184
Re: May 11 Council Meeting
I would prefer to keep the May 11th meeting, because I generally prefer shorter meetings rather than adding these items to another meeting.
With that said, I do not have any time sensitive items for May 11th
Ann Kitchen
City Council D5
With that said, I do not have any time sensitive items for May 11th
Ann Kitchen
City Council D5
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:49 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Strategic Housing Plan
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6405
Re: Strategic Housing Plan UPDATE
All We have posted an IFC for this Thursday directing the City Manager to create an Implemental Plan for the Strategic Housing Plan, once it is adopted. In addition to the posted language, we will be revising the resolution to include the following: The City Manager is directed to create an Interdep...
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:07 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Strategic Housing Plan
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6405
Strategic Housing Plan
All I wanted to let everyone know that I will be bringing forward an amendment / resolution (checking on which is appropriate) directing the City Manager / our staff to bring us a detailed implementation work plan for the Strategic Housing Plan by a specified date. This will help Council, staff, and...
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:00 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Strategy Workshop: Part II
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7339
Re: Council Strategy Workshop: Part II
Hi All My thoughts on the Strategic Planning Session: - I think it would be important to lay out a timeline that gets us to metrics that we can use for this year's budget cycle - at least for some of the key outcomes/indicators. One of our primary purposes for this planning is to align our budget pr...
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:53 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Affordability Action Plan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18807
Re: Affordability Action Plan
CM Troxclair Thank you for helping us all move forward on giving some structure to the affordability measures we have been working on. I appreciate the work that the community groups you mentioned have been engaged in to help the community move forward to address our affordability crisis. I wanted t...
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:55 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Remote General Citizen's Communication via Videoconferencing
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5535
Remote General Citizen's Communication via Videoconferencing
Dear Colleagues, The District 6 pilot and proof of concept for remote General Citizen’s Communication through videoconferencing showed that technology can provide means for public meetings to be more available to a broader range of participants. My office has been working with City Hall IT staff to ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:36 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Grove PUD - Employer Assisted Housing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6878
Grove PUD - Employer Assisted Housing
All, Following up on this morning’s post regarding the resolution proposed in Item 31 tomorrow, I want to bring to your attention to language in the 5th “Whereas” clause as well as language in my post on the subject last Friday. This language relates to the Landowners responsibilities regarding an e...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:53 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Motion for Grove: Employer Assisted Housing Program
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5190
Motion for Grove: Employer Assisted Housing Program
All I want to congratulate all involved for the agreement recently reached on the Grove development and to thank everyone for their time, efforts, and passion for creating a community asset for the city and the neighborhoods. I intend to support the mediated agreement as proposed, and have a motion ...