City of Austin Council Message Board

Colleagues, I would like to offer the following direction on consent for items 40 (ISO Lease) and 43 (Workforce Solutions Contract). ALTER Direction Item 40 -The City Manager is directed to work with the ISO and RES to establish a plan that ensures the ISO moves into a city-owned facility that meets...

Dear Colleagues, As I mentioned in work session, the City has many technology needs and I think we need to ensure that work continues. To that end, I would like to offer the below amendment, which I hope will be considered friendly by the sponsors of item 57. **** Insert the following after line 39:...

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to approve items 9-12 on tomorrow’s agenda. Together, they represent over a year of work by each of the four Multi-Ethnic Chambers (Austin LGBT Chamber, Greater Austin Asian Chamber, Greater Austin Black Chamber, and the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce) and ...

CM Ellis, Thank you for bringing forward this resolution to amplify efforts to hire lifeguards and other PARD seasonal employees. Like you, I am a former lifeguard and know the valuable lessons these employment experiences teach. I would like to be included as a co-sponsor and would ask you to pleas...

Dear Colleagues, I look forward to our continued discussion of the recent boil water situation and the vote on my Austin Water Audit Resolution at tomorrow’s meeting. The resolution is posted as item 60 and can be found here: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/city-council/2022/20220217-reg.htm#...

Colleagues, I share in the frustration that many in the public have expressed about the most recent boil water notice and the frequency of these events. While I appreciate the efforts our staff are making to restore water and distribute assistance, our community expects and deserves better. I’ve alr...

Thank you, CMs Ellis and Harper-Madison, for posting this request to the message board. I agree that we need open and transparent communications related to what led to this boil water notice. A special called meeting is one important mechanism for achieving greater clarity on what happened, and what...

Dear Colleagues, At our meeting tomorrow we will take an important step towards providing healing and justice to some brave sexual assault survivors in our community. As we approve the settlements put forward in item 44, I believe we must affirm our commitment to improve our sexual assault response ...

Colleagues, I would like to continue to serve in my current capacities: • Chair, Audit and Finance Committee • Member, Mobility Committee • Member, Austin Energy Oversight Committee • Member, Austin Water Oversight Committee • Board Member, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) • M...

Dear Colleagues, Tomorrow the Audit and Finance Committee will continue its discussion of the November 2021 Disaster Preparedness Audit related to Winter Storm Uri. I invite each of you to join as you are able. The disaster preparedness audit will be taken up as the final item, with the other items ...

Dear Colleagues, I would like to offer the below direction to any South Central Waterfront TIRZ we might adopt tomorrow. Regards, Alison Alter Alter Direction - Dec. 20, 2021 related to SCW TIRZ items 1-4 The City Manager is directed to provide Council with clearly defined roles and responsibilities...

Dear Colleagues, To save us time tomorrow, I would like to ask the sponsors of item 62 (the cost study) for clarification on a few things and raise some questions in the hopes of reaching consensus faster. I also want to offer some draft amendments. 1. Lines 93-94 of version two refers to “costs rel...

Dear Colleagues, At tomorrow morning’s Audit and Finance Committee meeting, we will be hearing two audits of interest for the full council, as well as an update on how staff is addressing the EMS billing backlog and making improvements for the future. The two audits of interest are: Disaster Prepare...

Dear Colleagues, I am supportive of advancing actions to reduce barriers to ADUs as well as options to increase our ability to create additional income-restricted affordable housing units as part of our strategy to increase density on our corridors. I look forward to working with Council Members Kit...

Dear Colleagues, AFD is investigating an intentionally set fire that occurred last night at Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in District 10. I have spoken with temple and city leadership, the ADL, AFD Chief Baker, and the Fire Marshal and understand that the AFD arson unit is working with the FBI, APD...

Dear Colleagues, Thank you to Mayor Adler and CM Tovo for your resolutions related to the South Central Waterfront Plan and Colony Park. I would like to offer a few amendments to Item 44 and clarify the timing for 45. For 44, I would like to make the below amendments. A redline version can be found ...

Colleagues, Item 81 has been a contentious zoning case which narrowly passed 6-5 on first reading. I was among those opposed to the case due to certain choices made by the applicant. Since that time, the applicant has taken steps to remedy those issues. I am prepared to support this case on the cond...

Dear Colleagues, Thank you to CM's Kitchen and Ellis, MPT Harper-Madison, and Mayor Adler for adding their names as additional co-sponsors of our Austin Climate Equity Plan Implementation Resolution, along with CMs Tovo, Pool, Casar, and Fuentes who joined me on the original version. Please see the ...

Thank you CM Ellis for bringing forward this resolution that reaffirms the need for and our commitment to abortion access. I would like to be included as a co-sponsor as well.

Regards,
Alison Alter

Mayor Adler and colleagues, thank you for drafting this letter which I believe captures many of my concerns well. I would like to be added as a signatory.

Regards,
Alison Alter

Dear Colleagues, With item 99 on the September 30th agenda, city staff is bringing forward the updated Austin Climate Equity Plan. The Climate Equity Plan is the document guiding the city’s path to net-zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions. Over the past months, I have been working on methods...

Dear Colleagues, At the September Audit and Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday the 22nd, EDD will provide a briefing to the committee on the Cultural Arts Fund and the Historic Presentation Fund. As this is a subject of interest for the whole Council, I want to call attention to the item and inv...

Note this and my last message are the same. I was worried my original version had not posted given we moved to a second page of the thread.

Colleagues, Below please find an additional amendment and a budget rider. ALTER 5: Adding $1 million to the Austin Arts and Culture Nonprofit Relief Grant fund. Link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/28-20210811170010.pdf ALTER Rider 3: Direction to the City Manager to highlight inve...

Colleagues, Below please find an additional amendment and a budget rider that I would like to offer as part of our budget deliberations. ALTER 5: Adding $1 million to the Austin Arts and Culture Nonprofit Relief Grant fund. Link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/28-20210811170010.pdf...