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- Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Fire Audit resolution for June 15
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5673
Fire Audit resolution for June 15
Below is a resolution I will be sponsoring with CMs Alter, Troxclair, and the Mayor for June 15th. Posting this to the message board two weeks before the meeting to give ample time for feedback. As noted in the final paragraph, the Auditor's Office may bring back results in parts as relevant or poss...
- Tue May 09, 2017 3:01 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Student Commission
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5538
Student Commission
On Item 9 for the Student Commission... I am 100% supportive of creating this body. I do have some thoughts on its composition and other details. Since the creation of commissions have come back to us as code amendments, I'm hoping the sponsors would accept making Thursday's resolution less prescrip...
- Fri May 05, 2017 9:40 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: May 11 Council Meeting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17573
Re: May 11 Council Meeting
I'm in favor of having just a quorum to postpone the necessary items. If we do any more than that, I think we should just have the full meeting. I'm happy to be here as part of the quorum.
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:34 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Item 30 Allandale and Rosedale Planning Area Boundaries
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8070
Re: Item 30 Allandale and Rosedale Planning Area Boundaries
I still have some questions about this change. I think the planning area boundaries should follow logical planning principles, not just neighborhood association lines. I think it makes much more sense to plan the proposed area with Rosedale and keeping Hancock as the border between areas rather than...
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:56 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Departmental Budget Review on 4/12
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6687
Re: Departmental Budget Review on 4/12
It might be worth a test to just go right to Q&A. 4 departments over 3 hours seems like a challenge based on previous work sessions! We can use this opportunity to see how effective it is to skip the presentations. I'm comfortable with asking just a few questions round-robin as well... the diffi...
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Marking your committee preferences
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10875
Re: Marking your committee preferences
I would like to remain on the Mobility Committee and join the Planning/Housing Committee.
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:34 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Council Committee Proposal
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7015
Council Committee Proposal
During yesterday’s Council Work Session I believe we had a productive conversation regarding the long-term future of the committee structure and I have begun to incorporate some of the feedback into my proposal: fewer committees, with clearly-defined purposes, and that result in productive work. I a...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 7:59 am
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Alternative Committee Structure
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5350
Alternative Committee Structure
For discussion during work session today, an alternative to Item 34, Exhibit A: Concepts to aide in the initiation of amendments to City Code relating to council committees and task forces: Standing Committees: • Use the Council Strategic Outcomes to create six standing committees: 1. Economic Oppor...
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:39 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: Intergovernmental Appointments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11586
Re: Intergovernmental Appointments
I'm excited for the opportunity to serve on CAMPO and hope that such an appointment will be confirmed. As I've told several of my colleagues before, I feel District 6 is uniquely positioned to represent the intersection of Austin and regional issues I am willing and ready to serve in that capacity.
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:37 pm
- Forum: City of Austin Council Message Board
- Topic: "Parts of the city with rapid growth"
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5142
"Parts of the city with rapid growth"
CM Kitchen spoke about "parts of the city with rapid growth" at last night's meeting with CAG on CodeNext (in the video, Item 2 @ 5:30pm). I didn't have the opportunity to express this at the time, but I wanted to point out that the areas with the most growth are Districts 5 and 6. The Aud...