City of Austin Council Message Board

Colleagues, The link below is to the motion I will bring to help provide guidance to resolve the question of substation location associated with the proposed Brodie PUD development. It is meant to provide more certainty for the applicant as well as public to the outcome of the substation location. T...

Colleagues Attached is a revised Resolution related to the Austin Transit Partnership Board of Directors Item 74. In response to a request from community stakeholders for more time to address recommendations related to the eligibility criteria, application and appointment process, my cosponsors and ...

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In order to provide some additional time for the public to review, my cosponsors and I will be postponing the ATP resolution to the December 8th meeting. I look forward to discussing then.

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Ann Kitchen
City Council D5

Colleagues Attached is an IFC from my cosponsors and I for the December 1st addendum for revisions to the Austin Transit Partnership’s Articles of Incorporation. (CM Kitchen, Mayor Adler, CM Leslie Pool, CM Vanessa Fuentes). This action is a follow-up to the direction the Council passed in the summe...

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I would like to also request an executive session for the Tuesday work session on this topic. I believe there may be issues that warrant it, and given the urgency of the matter, I would appreciate the opportunity to have those discussions if needed.

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Ann Kitchen
City Council D5

Mayor,
I would also prefer scheduling additional meeting times on Fridays rather than the Wednesday options.

Regards,
Ann Kitchen

Colleagues I join you in requesting a progress update at Tuesday’s worksession on the operations of the 911 Call Center. In August, City Council passed the resolution I cosponsored with CM Kelly, Fuentes, Vela and MPT Alter directing the City Manager to report progress to the City Council in 3 month...

Colleagues I offer amendments focused on data security related to LPRs. Regardless of which direction the Council goes in with regard to CM Kelly and CM Vela proposals on LPRs - I think it is important to specifically address best practices related to data security. Thank you to CM Mackensie Kelly a...

Thank you so much CM Pool. Please add me as a co-sponsor.

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Ann Kitchen
City Council D5

Colleagues,

I am posting an updated version of Tovo Budget Amendment #3 on her behalf as we prepare for tomorrow's meeting:


http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincou ... 172605.pdf

best,
Ann Kitchen
D5

All I have submitted the revised Budget Amendment to the budget office for the Homeless Response System Project. This reduces the one-time amount from $250,000 to $100,000 - with the expectation that funding from the community (Finding Home ATX) can be pursued to add to the city's $100,000 to fund t...

Colleagues Attached are my Budget Amendments and Riders – as I discussed yesterday at Council. I have also signed onto a number of Amendments / Riders of my colleagues and expect to support others (co-sponsorships include raising wage to $20/hour (Fuentes), AEDC (Mayor, Tovo), ECHO funding (Mayor), ...

Colleagues Attached are my Budget Amendments and Riders – as I discussed yesterday at Council. I have also signed onto a number of Amendments / Riders of my colleagues and expect to support others (co-sponsorships include raising wage to $20/hour (Fuentes), AEDC (Mayor, Tovo), ECHO funding (Mayor), ...

Colleagues, Thank you for your consideration to raise the Senior and Disabled Property Tax Exemption by $11,000 to $124,000. This amount will mitigate the impact of the proposed Housing Bond, with an estimated savings of $50.90 and can be found at the following link: http://assets.austintexas.gov/au...

Colleagues Below is my list of Budget Riders, which I expect to complete posting today. I also anticipate supporting additional Riders that many of you have proposed. Thank you for your consideration! Best Ann Kitchen City Council District 5 Budget Riders, Funding Required: 1. HEAL (Rider posted abo...

Colleagues Attached is my proposed budget rider with CMs Pool, Fuentes, and Kelly to implement the District Level Planning resolution we all passed in June. http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/2E-20220809165452.pdf Funding provides for implementation of District Level Planning for the s...

http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/51-20220805100403.pdf Colleagues: Attached is a budget rider I intend to bring with my cosponsors - Mayor Adler and CMs Tovo, Fuentes, and Vela The purpose is to continue the successful HEAL Initiative at the same level and avoid a drop in services wh...

Colleagues I wanted to let everyone know the budget topics I may be pursuing amendments on, to provide time for consideration. Please know these are not the only items that I will be supporting, as I continue to listen to the public about their priorities and will be meeting with D5 constituents as ...

Colleagues I am proposing to bring a "trigger ordnance" to prohibit semi-automatic rifles sales to anyone under 21. This ordinance would have an effective date some number of days after the repeal of any state laws that preempt local regulation of firearm sales. In terms of its effective d...

CM Vela Thank you for quickly putting together and bringing the GRACE Act for Council consideration on July 21st. The city has a history of standing up for women's reproductive health, including supporting Planned Parenthood. As we respond to this latest, and even more egregious, threat to women's h...

Colleagues I attach a revised resolution for Item #96 related to Community Workforce Agreements in response to questions raised by colleagues: http://assets.austintexas.gov/austincouncilforum/B7-20220613171751.pdf I look forward to further conversation as we work to extend worker protections to all ...

Dear Colleagues, I offer the following direction for Item 80 in response to concerns we've heard from the community regarding the MFI levels and potential impacts to affordability and displacement related to VMU developments. Here is a link to the direction I am proposing: http://assets.austintexas....

Colleagues - After discussions with our co-sponsors and staff, we've revised our resolution to establish District Level Planning by ordinance rather than as an amendment to the Land Development Code. This revision still initiates the important work of district planning and allows flexibility to acco...

Colleagues I will be proposing the following amendment to Item 66 related to compatibility - adding the last part "with consideration of. . . ": Amend Line 63, 3.d. as follows: d. for any residential or mixed-use property on a corridor, allow more flexibility for what can be located in the...

All I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the item in Executive Session, but feel this is a fundamental policy position that the City Council has long advanced. Protection of workers is part and parcel of our relationships with contractors and just as critical in this area as others we have advanc...