City of Austin Council Message Board

Dear Colleagues, I am looking forward to this afternoon’s briefings and discussion regarding the FY22 budget. Today we will be receiving a briefing regarding the Fire/EMS optimization study, which was released on Friday and includes a lot of information which will require deeper discussion between u...

Dear Colleagues, In my discussions with city staff, I have learned that the construction of the Loop 360/Davenport Fire and EMS Station will extend past Fiscal Year 2022, leading to some measure of cost savings for the City in the proposed budget. The savings from reduced staffing needs realized fro...

Colleagues, I intend to bring forward the following direction regarding Item 82: The City Manager is directed to explore opportunities to leverage the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps in the implementation of these education, clean-up, and beautification projects, and create space via the contract...

Dear Colleagues, I intend to bring forward the below direction for Item 4, which is the negotiation and execution of amended service schedules, including revised pricing and revenue to the City, to the single-stream recycling contracts with Texas Disposal Systems and Balcones Resources. Item 4 Direc...

CM Tovo, I would be happy to contribute $500 towards the waiver for the Austin Sunshine Run.

Regards,
Alison Alter

Colleagues, I would like to invite you to join tomorrow’s AFC meeting for an important discussion about the audit on APD’s early intervention system for at-risk officers. This topic ties in to our work on Reimagining Public Safety and is a critical piece in our conversations about use of force, acco...

A follow up to my original post… Together with the direction shared by CM Tovo, I would like to offer the following direction in support of the framework. I anticipate this would sit alongside direction offered by colleagues that the Council adopts. We may need to do some formatting to pull all the ...

Colleagues,

Some folks are having a hard time opening the link above, so I am sharing it again here in PDF form to help with accessibility: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 120637.pdf

Regards,
Alison Alter

Dear Colleagues, I have spoken at length with the Mayor and would like to propose the attached alternative ARP framework allocation jointly with Council Member Tovo. See http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/9F-20210610094833.xlsx Later today we each will post direction to accompany this ...

Dear Colleagues, Navigators will play a large and important role in assisting Austin businesses and individuals in accessing federal funding as a result of the American Rescue Plan Act. However, they are only one part of the effort required for the Austin community to receive the full benefit of the...

Colleagues, Below please find a link to my amendments and direction on Item 10. I am also pasting the language at the bottom of this post for ease. Note the motion sheet contains additional direction related to the following: ⁃ ensuring we are course correcting throughout the pilot class, not waitin...

Colleagues,
I appreciate everyone who has worked on this item. I support the amendments offered by Council Member Kitchen and will continue looking at the language and any additional amendments which may be offered before our discussion on Thursday.
Regards,
Alison Alter

Dear Colleagues, My thanks to Council Member Casar and the other co-sponsors who have worked on this item. Below I have indicated the amendment language I suggest be added to this item. My intention is for us to identify financing for mold remediation and determine the best approach to improve acces...

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for indicating your support to advance this important proposal. I know many of you have now met with United Way and Success by Six and I am excited that it appears we can turn this vision into a reality. Council Members Casar and Fuentes, the early childhood sector leaders...

Dear Colleagues, Each year the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) sponsors the Week of the Young Child during the month of April, to bring awareness and support to the work of early childhood educators, and children and families’ equitable access to high-quality, afford...

As I mentioned on the dais, as part of item 28 I would like to offer some direction. I have included it below for reference. I would like to offer direction in 2 parts. 1. Direct the City Manager to report back to council by May 7, 2021, an update on the implementation of the climate emergency decla...

CM Tovo, Thank you for bringing this item forward. I am proud to be a co-sponsor. I would like to make what I hope will be a friendly amendment to acknowledge related action called for in our climate emergency declaration that I sponsored. I am pulling the item to make this motion, but would be comf...

Colleagues,

I also want to share a link to the Q&A I referenced above so that the public can more easily locate this information. My questions for Item 37 begin on page 5.

March 25th Council Q&A: https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/docum ... ?id=357131


Regards,
Alison Alter

Colleagues, I appreciate our conversation on Item 37 on Tuesday, and I want to thank staff for their answers to my questions as reflected in the Q&A. As I indicated during work session, I am bringing forward amendments to this item. Please see my amendments linked below. Amendments: http://asset...

Dear Colleagues, I would like to offer the following amendment to item 111. Amend the resolution by adding the below: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED In implementing the finalized spending framework, the City Manager is directed to deploy the various funding sources in a manner that reserves the most flexibl...

Dear Colleagues, The water crisis in our city continues and for many Austinities living conditions remain dire. Hundreds of apartment complexes and homes still do not have access to the water people need to literally survive. Austinites deserve better. The Council and the public need answers. We nee...

Dear Colleagues, I would like to make the following motion to item 6: Amend Mayor Adler’s amendment to Item 6, by adding the following: *Plan for taking steps within the city’s regulatory authority to mitigate the bill impacts of non-city owned utilities (such as natural gas) *Advocacy at the state ...

Colleagues, I was asked by the head of the ADRN to share with you this press release for a "Crisis Cleanup" effort. For quorum reasons, I am linking the full press release here and pasting it below. They would like us to share this with our constituents. Regards, Alison Alter Press Release...

Dear Colleagues, At every step this year’s charter amendment process has been frustrating, coming as it is amidst a pandemic with proposals that have far reaching and significant consequences for city governance. We believe democracy works best in the light of day and with the oxygen of public parti...

Colleagues,

I have finalized the language above and submitted a motion sheet to the Agenda Office. Please find it linked below for your review.

Link to motion sheet: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 111252.pdf


Regards,
Alison Alter