Camping & Obstruction Ordinance; Homelessness Resolution
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:25 pm
Council Member Casar and I want to thank our colleagues, Council Members Tovo and Kitchen, for working together with us as a sub-quorum on the issue of homelessness. We have considerably narrowed issues and generally agreed on direction. Thanks also for the help and suggestions from so many in the community.
We’re anxious for the full dais to actively engage in this work on an ordinance and resolution for council to consider on a specially called meeting on September 18 and possibly September 20th.
Here you can see CM Casar and my preferred ordinance, which diverges in some places from what was posted by CM Kitchen and CM Tovo. We believe our ordinance better strikes a balance of protecting public health and safety, protecting public spaces, and not infringing on the civil rights of individuals in our city. You will see some sections of the ordinance marked with our names where CM Casar and I offer alternative options for language in order to allow for a community discussion on a range of options.
Ordinance: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 141707.pdf
Resolution: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 135243.pdf
We hope that at least two other members of our council will reply with offers to co-sponsor so that it is able to be posted.
Between both drafts, and the many ideas that will come from other council members, and from the community, we trust we’ll get to a fair and just result next week.
We’re anxious for the full dais to actively engage in this work on an ordinance and resolution for council to consider on a specially called meeting on September 18 and possibly September 20th.
Here you can see CM Casar and my preferred ordinance, which diverges in some places from what was posted by CM Kitchen and CM Tovo. We believe our ordinance better strikes a balance of protecting public health and safety, protecting public spaces, and not infringing on the civil rights of individuals in our city. You will see some sections of the ordinance marked with our names where CM Casar and I offer alternative options for language in order to allow for a community discussion on a range of options.
Ordinance: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 141707.pdf
Resolution: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 135243.pdf
We hope that at least two other members of our council will reply with offers to co-sponsor so that it is able to be posted.
Between both drafts, and the many ideas that will come from other council members, and from the community, we trust we’ll get to a fair and just result next week.