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- Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:52 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Financial aid to Austinites
- Replies: 11
- Views: 20654
Re: Financial aid to Austinites
Thank you MPT Garza for your work advancing this resolution and for adding my suggestion on seniors. Please find below additional direction and proposed amendments for Item #81. The direction is related to identifying and assisting with the capacity building of our service providers. My two amendmen...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:44 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Wildland Urban Interface Code - Item #40
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5777
Re: Wildland Urban Interface Code - Item #40
Thank you to the law department for a quick review. Below please find slightly updated language for my WUIC Item #40 direction... The model international Wildland Urban Interface Code (WUIC) includes rules governing vegetation management and fuels mitigation not yet adopted into the Austin code. The...
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Wildland Urban Interface Code - Item #40
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5777
Re: Wildland Urban Interface Code - Item #40
Note the direction should read "Include extensive stakeholder engagement".
- Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:11 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Wildland Urban Interface Code - Item #40
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5777
Wildland Urban Interface Code - Item #40
Dear Colleagues, Austin is one of the nation’s top cities at risk of wildfire. It’s not a matter of if, but when. I am happy that we are moving forward with the adoption of a Wildland-Urban Interface Code (WUI code) for Austin (item #40). This code represents years of effort on the part of the wildf...
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Budget and Fiscal Health Discussions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4926
Budget and Fiscal Health Discussions
Dear Colleagues, As Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee, I’ve been working with the City’s Budget & Finance offices on the state of city finances and how they may be affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The good news is, Austin’s financial policies and fiscal health mean we are in a...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Digital Access
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4681
Digital Access
Dear Colleagues, My office has been working closely with the City’s digital equity team and the Digital Empowerment Community of Austin (DECA) to coordinate efforts throughout the city to ensure all Austinites have access to home internet, devices, and the necessary skills to conduct day-to-day life...
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:22 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Anti-Eviction Ordinance on 3/26 agenda
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12673
Re: Anti-Eviction Ordinance on 3/26 agenda
Colleagues, Thank you for your work on this issue. It's an important matter we must address and with limited tools I believe this will help address some of our challenges. However, it would be helpful if we also could consider and address the ripple effect of this issue on landlords operating on sma...
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 31 - Bike Share of Austin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14478
Re: Item 31 - Bike Share of Austin
CM Kitchen and Flannigan, it is my understanding that the current suggestion would be 9 months for the contract term with a report back to Mobility committee in August. I wonder if additionally we could authorize a one year extension, but only with council approval. This would save an unnecessary pr...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Austin Energy Generation Plan
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6128
Re: Austin Energy Generation Plan
Thank you CM’s Tovo and Pool. I think you offer an excellent path forward for item 2. The working group and AE have produced an innovative approach to achieve our environmental and economic goals simultaneously. As we enter a period of economic uncertainty, I believe the flexibility built into this ...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: SXSW Resilience Plan
- Replies: 22
- Views: 50937
Re: SXSW Resilience Plan
Two more amendments to share.... Our choices moving forward should seek to leverage information in the community on needs and solutions. The following two amendments to the last Be It Further Resolved are meant to begin to speak to that issue. *Exploring using 311 to gather real time needs assessmen...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: SXSW Resilience Plan
- Replies: 22
- Views: 50937
Re: SXSW Resilience Plan
I appreciate all the collaboration and great ideas from my colleagues. I have two more additions. The lack of supply of PPE and the shifting environment that has created financial uncertainty is affecting medical practices, especially smaller ones. I would like to include an item that addresses this...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: SXSW Resilience Plan
- Replies: 22
- Views: 50937
Re: SXSW Resilience Plan
I would propose the following amendments: In the 3rd Be It Resolved section after the HOT bullets, ask the City Manager to consider: * Repurposing HOT funds in the convention center reserve funds to support the hospitality sector and its workers, seeking as necessary state exemptions to allow such a...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 11:07 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: SXSW Resilience Plan
- Replies: 22
- Views: 50937
Re: SXSW Resilience Plan
CM Flannigan,
I appreciate the broader posting language and hope to share some additional options for consideration soon.
Regards,
Alison Alter
I appreciate the broader posting language and hope to share some additional options for consideration soon.
Regards,
Alison Alter
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:11 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 47 for 2/20/20 Meeting
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5669
Item 47 for 2/20/20 Meeting
Dear Colleagues, Please find below a V2 for Item 47, the resolution I’m sponsoring regarding biomethane and reducing leakage rates. The backup should post shortly, but I wanted to make sure everyone had ample time to review it prior to tomorrow’s meeting. Link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austinco...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 6:37 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Wednesday's Schedule
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5080
Wednesday's Schedule
Dear colleagues, I would like to suggest that we adjust some of our planned timing tomorrow for our and our staff’s health and safety. I am concerned about an 11 pm end time with a 9 am restart on Thursday. Instead I would like to suggest a 9 pm end time on Wednesday with a 9 am start on Thursday. W...
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: LDC Second Reading Amendments
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6522
LDC Second Reading Amendments
Colleagues, Below you will find amendments I intend to offer next week. These amendments relate to matters of public safety, missing middle zoning criteria, and facilitating certainty in our zoning and planning processes. My constituents and I have had an extremely limited number of days to review t...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:51 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Alter LDC Amendment #6
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4416
Alter LDC Amendment #6
Colleagues,
Please see this additional amendment that I distributed yesterday on the dais.
Link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 85046.docx
Regards,
Alison Alter
Please see this additional amendment that I distributed yesterday on the dais.
Link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 85046.docx
Regards,
Alison Alter
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: LDC Amendments / Direction
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8466
LDC Amendments / Direction
Dear Colleagues, Below please find the link to the amendments that I have ready to post today. As we discussed, I fashioned mine as general direction. I look forward to hearing from the public tomorrow and may have additional amendments based on what we hear. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincoun...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:33 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 66
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6094
Re: Item 66
Council Member Harper-Madison, Thank you for bringing this resolution and for creating the opportunity for us to acknowledge that we have a problem and take action. I would like to propose some amendments (linked below) with the goal of helping ensure we achieve the outcomes we desire and also allow...
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:06 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Digital Inclusion and Low Cost Internet
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4305
Digital Inclusion and Low Cost Internet
Dear Colleagues, At the most recent council meeting I was honored to present a proclamation celebrating Austin’s first annual Digital Inclusion Week (DIW), which aims to raise awareness of solutions addressing home internet access, personal devices, and local technology training and support programs...
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:55 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 142 - postponement request
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4626
Item 142 - postponement request
Colleagues, As I mentioned on the dais, item 142 has an inter local agreement that was just posted at 3 PM today while we were in our special called meeting. I’d like to request a postponement of this item to our next meeting. Please do let me know if this request is amenable to the majority of coun...
- Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:03 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Asian American Resource Center & Rutherford Campus
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5115
Re: Asian American Resource Center & Rutherford Campus
Thank you, CM Flannigan, for advancing this item. I agree that the AARC master plan adoption provides an excellent opportunity to initiate a deeper discussion about how we can leverage the Rutherford Campus and/or a P3 model to achieve multiple city goals at these sites. I support this item and woul...
- Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:04 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Budget Adoption
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24472
Re: Budget Adoption
Good morning, You may find a brief description and the links for my formal budget amendments below. Funding wildfire preparedness and mitigation: By delaying the implementation of the Command Tech program, the associated savings (around $2.1m) can be used to fund investments in wildfire mitigation. ...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:00 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Wildfire Risk by District
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4640
Wildfire Risk by District
Dear Colleagues, As I mentioned at last week’s budget work session, as a city we need to be prepared for wildfires, arguably Austin’s greatest natural hazard. To help Austinites understand their individual risk from wildfires, the Wildfire Division at AFD has put together a Wildfire Report for each ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:56 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 78 - Declaration of Climate Emergency
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4684
Item 78 - Declaration of Climate Emergency
Below, please find the link to the revised resolution # 78, declaring a climate emergency and associated actions. It was posted earlier today to the agenda back up, but I wanted to make sure you were alerted. https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=324720 I look forward to us taking action...