City of Austin Council Message Board

Good Afternoon, There has been a request from the Northwest Austin Civic Association (NWACA) to set the Austin Oaks zoning case hearing (Item 89 on the Council Agenda) for a 6:30 pm time certain this Thursday, December 15th. I would like to honor this request and am requesting that the Austin Oaks c...

Good Evening,

I would like to clarify that tomorrow my motion will be to approve the mediated agreement that has been agreed to by both the BCRC and ARG. I do not plan to bring any amendments that would change the BCRC and ARG mediated agreement.

Thank you,
Sheri

Good Afternoon, Thank you Council Member Pool for sharing the current summaries from the BCRC and ARG regarding the mediated agreement both parties have reached. ARG has known from the very beginning that I would not support their proposal for The Grove at Shoal Creek unless they could get closer to...

I want to clarify my reason for supporting the allocation of half of the sidewalk funding equally between Council Districts. Based on the current Sidewalk Master Plan prioritization matrix, the construction of new District 10 sidewalks will find it difficult to ever hit the top of the priority list....

8/4/2016 – Update on Parkland at the Grove Yesterday my Senior Policy Advisor Taylor Smith and I met with City Staff, President of the Shoal Creek Conservancy Ted Siff, and representatives from ARG as part of my ongoing advocacy to encourage ARG to achieve parkland superiority based on City Staff’s ...

8/3/2016 – Proposal for Creation of Local Traffic Mitigation Fund As our city’s population continues to explode, our most difficult challenge is providing protection of quality of life in the existing neighborhoods when denser community developments are planned around them. I recognize that infill p...

7/29/16 – Oakmont Heights Neighborhood Association Update Good Afternoon Fellow Council Members, I wanted to provide everyone with an update on the conversation I had yesterday with Vice President of Oakmont Heights Neighborhood Association (OHNA) Charlie Cooper regarding the list of changes Oakmont...

7/28/16 - Ridgelea Neighborhood Association Update Good Afternoon Fellow Council Members, As you may have read in my post to the Council message board on July 26, my office is working with Ridgelea Neighborhood Association (RNA) President John Eastman to make sure the requests laid out in RNA’s posi...

Good Afternoon Fellow Council Members, I wanted to provide everyone with an update on a productive conversation I had yesterday with President of Ridgelea Neighborhood Association (RNA) John Eastman regarding the RNA position statement, which includes a list of requested changes to modify the curren...

Thanks to Mayor Adler and MPT Tovo for trying to find a schedule that works with our busy schedules! I am able to attend an all day session on Friday, May 6th but unfortunately I am already completely booked for Saturday, May 7th so I would not be able to attend on Saturday. I might suggest a change...

Mr. Mayor,

Thank you for putting forth your amendment. I have agreed to accept these changes as a friendly amendment. My office will provide a revised red-lined resolution, reflecting the Mayor's amendment, to all Council Members tomorrow on the dais.

Sheri

Good Morning Fellow Council Members, I would like to bring to your attention an error in this week’s Council Agenda. The posting language and co-sponsors listed for Item 11 on the February 11, 2016 Council Agenda were posted incorrectly. The current language for Item 11 on this week's agenda is as f...

Good Afternoon Fellow Council Members, Lately there has been a lot of conversation in the community about my involvement in the collaborative process that resulted in the Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) recommendation of amendments to the Parkland Dedication Ordinance. Since some of the infor...

Fellow Council Members, need your help please! In the last 7 months, the Bond Oversight Commission has been unable to meet because of a lack of quorum. I kindly ask the offices of the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem Tovo, Council Member Garza and Council Member Pool to please consider submitting nominations fo...

Colleagues, I wanted to gather your thoughts/concerns on possibly moving the Austin Energy Council Committee meeting one day earlier from the morning of the 28th to Wednesday the 27th at 1:00pm. Based on our City Council agenda schedule for that Thursday, I think it would be helpful to be able to st...

Since the Mayor will not be present at our Council Meeting tomorrow (Thursday, December 10th) I would support the Council honoring the Mayor's request to postpone the short-term rental public hearing, discussion on the dias and any action until he can be present. I also share the Mayor's concern reg...

I wanted to make everyone aware that Item 18 (Ace Salvage Yard The TDR Agreement) has been pulled off the consent agenda because there are two draft versions of the agreement posted as backup. The first draft version is based on what was passed at second reading. The second version is the revised dr...

This Thursday the Council will be discussing the proposed changes to the Parkland Dedication (PLD) requirements. The Parkland Dedication Ordinance was enacted by a previous Council as a way for Austin to increase the amount of parkland which makes our city the wonderful open space community we all l...

In preparation for our September short-term rental discussion, my office has drafted a resolution containing the items from my original August resolution which were postponed for further discussion. I have included the draft language for the resolution at the bottom of this message post. As the orig...

This morning the Austin Code Department released two Memos to Mayor and Council relating to Short-Term Rental Regulations. I wanted to share both of these memos with the public in preparation for Monday's August 17th Planning and Neighborhoods Council Committee. Below is the second memo. - Council M...

This morning the Austin Code Department released two Memos to Mayor and Council relating to Short-Term Rental Regulations. I wanted to share both of these memos with the public in preparation for Monday's August 17th Planning and Neighborhoods Council Committee. Below is the first memo. - Council Me...

Based on the Council’s conversation yesterday at our work session I want to provide everyone with an update on the schedule and process for the Short-Term Rental Enforcement discussion. Thursday, August 13th – City Council Meeting • The City Manager has agreed to release his recommendations in the f...

Update On the Short-Term Rental Enforcement Resolution from Council Member Sheri Gallo & District 10 office Over the past 2 months the District 10 Council office has held meetings with District 10 neighborhoods to hear what specific problems they are having with non-compliant and non-licensed sh...

The majority of our first meeting (March 26th 9:00-11:30) will be staff presentations on several policy areas. Staff has suggested the first being Financial Foundation (Council action required for Commercial Paper Rollover), Refunding HIgh Cost Debt, & Reserves. This presentation will take appro...

My office just received the following email from City staff: The City occasionally co-sponsors large events taking place throughout the year such as SXSW, the Kite Festival, 4th of July, and the Austin Farmer’s Market. This sponsorship agreement is set by city ordinance and commits the City to cover...