Invocation Dr. Joseph C. Parker, Jr., Pastor, David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Consent Agenda Items 1-14, 16, 18-20, 23-36, 38-48
Authorize the negotiation and execution of documents necessary to purchase in fee simple Lot 1, Block A of Barton Creek Office Park, a subdivision in Travis County, Texas, located at 2800 S. Capital of Texas Hwy from BARTON CREEK VENTURE, LTD., for the Barton Creek Wilderness Park in an amount not to exceed $5,500,000. Funding in the amount of $1,900,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Austin Water Utility. Funding in the amount of $3,600,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Watershed Protection Department.
Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to bring forward the Austin Regional Intelligence Center Privacy Policy and Interlocal Agreement between participating entities to the Public Safety Commission for review and recommendations to the City Council. (Council Member Laura Morrison Council Member William Spelman )
15. Authorize execution of a construction contract with VCC, LLC, Irving, TX, for a new Animal Services Center at 7201 Levander Loop in the amount of $11,635,000 plus a $450,000 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $12,085,000. Funding in the amount of $9,270,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Health and Human Services Department; Funding in the amount of $2,625,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Financial Administration Services Department; Funding in the amount of $190,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of Austin Energy. Lowest bid of ten (10) bids received. This contract will be awarded in compliance with Chapter 2-9A of the City Code (Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program) through achievement of Good Faith Efforts with 4.01% MBE and 2.96% WBE subcontractor participation. Recommended by the Electric Utility Commission. Related to Item #22. 21. Approve a resolution adopting the Recommendations for the Implementation Plan to Reduce Animal Intake and Increase Live Animal Outcomes, and authorizing the City Manager to initiate implementation. 22. Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Financial and Administrative Services Department Capital Budget of Ordinance No. 20090914-003 to transfer $588,000 to the Health and Human Services Department Capital Budget; and amending the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Health and Human Services Department Capital Budget of Ordinance No. 200909014-003 to appropriate the $588,000 transfer from the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Contingency Program for infrastructure improvements. Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Financial and Administrative Services Department Capital Budget - Capital Improvements Program Contingency. Related to Item #15.
Kenneth Lewis – Statute of limitations and false arrest Pat Valls-Trelles – Animal issues Paul Aviña – Economic prosperity Pat Johnson – Anticipated wrecker driver and towing company scams during the 2010 South by Southwest Robert G. MacDonald – The importance of DREAMS & Hope Richard Troxell – Homelessness in Austin Patricia Smith – Opening access from Maufrais to Button Bend to provide safety for our child care center, Little Dudes Learning Center in Dove Springs Thomas Heikkala – City of Austin has picked out specifically our neighborhood to issue building code violations that are unfair Scott Harpst – Building code violations Douglas Lee Riley – Capital Metro
Discuss legal issues concerning agreements with Capital Metro relating to construction of transportation projects (Private Consultation with Attorney - Section 551.071).
Zoning Ordinances / Restrictive Covenants Items 52-53 Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments Items 54-60
Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments Items 61-62
61. NPA-2009-0012.03 – Upper Boggy Creek Vertical Mixed Use Neighborhood Plan Amendment - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 020801-92, the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) from single family, multifamily, office and commercial to mixed use and mixed use/office on selected tracts within the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area, bounded by IH 35, 26th Street and Comal Street to the west, Airport Boulevard to the north and east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Cedar Boulevard, Rogers Boulevard, Walnut Boulevard and Manor Road to the south (Boggy Creek, Waller Creek Watersheds). Planning Commission Recommendation: To approve mixed use and mixed use/office on selected tracts. Applicant and Agent: Planning and Development Review Department. City Staff: Jacob Browning, 974-7657. 62. C14-2009-0102 – Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area Vertical Mixed Use Building (V) Zoning Opt-in/Opt-Out Process - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Chapter 25-2 of the Austin City Code by applying Vertical Mixed Use Building (V) zoning regulations to certain tracts within the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area, bounded by IH 35, 26th Street and Comal Street to the west, Airport Boulevard to the north and east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Cedar Boulevard, Rogers Boulevard, Walnut Boulevard and Manor Road to the south (Boggy Creek, Waller Creek Watersheds). Regulations governing Vertical Mixed Use Building dimensional standards; allowable uses for a Vertical Mixed Use Building in office base district zoning; relaxed parking standards for commercial uses in a Vertical Mixed Use Building; and affordability requirements for Vertical Mixed Use Building developments will be considered for adoption. The Austin City Council may consider adopting all or some of these regulations, or amending the Vertical Mixed Use (VMU) overlay district to exclude properties from the overlay district. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant vertical mixed use building (V) district zoning and to exclude selected tracts from the vertical mixed use overlay district. Applicant and Agent: Planning and Development Review Department. City Staff: Jacob Browning, 974-7657.
Austin Housing Finance Corporation
The Mayor will recess the City Council meeting to conduct a Board of Directors' Meeting of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. Following adjournment of the AHFC Board meeting the City Council will re-convene.
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance creating an economic development program and authorizing the negotiation and execution of an economic development agreement with FACEBOOK, INC.
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance creating an economic development program and authorizing the negotiation and execution of an economic development agreement with YINGLI GREEN ENERGY AMERICAS, INC.
Conduct a public hearing and consider an appeal by North University Neighborhood Planning Team regarding the decision to approve an Outdoor Music Venue Permit for Little Woodrow's, located at 2610 Guadalupe.
Live Music Tameca Jones Proclamations Proclamation -- Fix-A-Leak Week -- to be presented by Mayor Lee Leffingwell and to be accepted by Greg Meszaros Proclamation -- Red Cross Month -- to be presented by Mayor Lee Leffingwell and to be accepted by Marty McKellips Proclamation -- National Women's Month -- to be presented by Council Member Laura Morrison and to be accepted by Molly Barker Proclamation -- "Getting Connected" Business Resource Fair -- to be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and to be accepted by Vicky Valdez Distinguished Service Awards -- Ralph Gohring and Kyoung Chung -- to be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and to be accepted by the honorees Certificate of Appreciation -- Johnny Degollado -- to be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and to be accepted by the honoree
Conduct a public hearing and consider an appeal by North University Neighborhood Planning Team regarding the decision to approve an Outdoor Music Venue Permit for Little Woodrow's, located at 2610 Guadalupe.
Conduct a public hearing to receive citizen input on community needs for the annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2010-2011, required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Community Development 2010-2011 Program as required by Texas Local Government Code Chapter 373.
Mar 11, 2010 City Council Meetings
Invocation Dr. Joseph C. Parker, Jr., Pastor, David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Consent Agenda Items 1-14, 16, 18-20, 23-36, 38-48
Authorize the negotiation and execution of documents necessary to purchase in fee simple Lot 1, Block A of Barton Creek Office Park, a subdivision in Travis County, Texas, located at 2800 S. Capital of Texas Hwy from BARTON CREEK VENTURE, LTD., for the Barton Creek Wilderness Park in an amount not to exceed $5,500,000. Funding in the amount of $1,900,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Austin Water Utility. Funding in the amount of $3,600,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Watershed Protection Department.
Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to bring forward the Austin Regional Intelligence Center Privacy Policy and Interlocal Agreement between participating entities to the Public Safety Commission for review and recommendations to the City Council. (Council Member Laura Morrison Council Member William Spelman )
15. Authorize execution of a construction contract with VCC, LLC, Irving, TX, for a new Animal Services Center at 7201 Levander Loop in the amount of $11,635,000 plus a $450,000 contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $12,085,000. Funding in the amount of $9,270,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Health and Human Services Department; Funding in the amount of $2,625,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of the Financial Administration Services Department; Funding in the amount of $190,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Capital Budget of Austin Energy. Lowest bid of ten (10) bids received. This contract will be awarded in compliance with Chapter 2-9A of the City Code (Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program) through achievement of Good Faith Efforts with 4.01% MBE and 2.96% WBE subcontractor participation. Recommended by the Electric Utility Commission. Related to Item #22. 21. Approve a resolution adopting the Recommendations for the Implementation Plan to Reduce Animal Intake and Increase Live Animal Outcomes, and authorizing the City Manager to initiate implementation. 22. Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Financial and Administrative Services Department Capital Budget of Ordinance No. 20090914-003 to transfer $588,000 to the Health and Human Services Department Capital Budget; and amending the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Health and Human Services Department Capital Budget of Ordinance No. 200909014-003 to appropriate the $588,000 transfer from the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Contingency Program for infrastructure improvements. Funding is available in the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Financial and Administrative Services Department Capital Budget - Capital Improvements Program Contingency. Related to Item #15.
Kenneth Lewis – Statute of limitations and false arrest Pat Valls-Trelles – Animal issues Paul Aviña – Economic prosperity Pat Johnson – Anticipated wrecker driver and towing company scams during the 2010 South by Southwest Robert G. MacDonald – The importance of DREAMS & Hope Richard Troxell – Homelessness in Austin Patricia Smith – Opening access from Maufrais to Button Bend to provide safety for our child care center, Little Dudes Learning Center in Dove Springs Thomas Heikkala – City of Austin has picked out specifically our neighborhood to issue building code violations that are unfair Scott Harpst – Building code violations Douglas Lee Riley – Capital Metro
Discuss legal issues concerning agreements with Capital Metro relating to construction of transportation projects (Private Consultation with Attorney - Section 551.071).
Zoning Ordinances / Restrictive Covenants Items 52-53 Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments Items 54-60
Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments Items 61-62
61. NPA-2009-0012.03 – Upper Boggy Creek Vertical Mixed Use Neighborhood Plan Amendment - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 020801-92, the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) from single family, multifamily, office and commercial to mixed use and mixed use/office on selected tracts within the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area, bounded by IH 35, 26th Street and Comal Street to the west, Airport Boulevard to the north and east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Cedar Boulevard, Rogers Boulevard, Walnut Boulevard and Manor Road to the south (Boggy Creek, Waller Creek Watersheds). Planning Commission Recommendation: To approve mixed use and mixed use/office on selected tracts. Applicant and Agent: Planning and Development Review Department. City Staff: Jacob Browning, 974-7657. 62. C14-2009-0102 – Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area Vertical Mixed Use Building (V) Zoning Opt-in/Opt-Out Process - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Chapter 25-2 of the Austin City Code by applying Vertical Mixed Use Building (V) zoning regulations to certain tracts within the Upper Boggy Creek Neighborhood Planning Area, bounded by IH 35, 26th Street and Comal Street to the west, Airport Boulevard to the north and east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Cedar Boulevard, Rogers Boulevard, Walnut Boulevard and Manor Road to the south (Boggy Creek, Waller Creek Watersheds). Regulations governing Vertical Mixed Use Building dimensional standards; allowable uses for a Vertical Mixed Use Building in office base district zoning; relaxed parking standards for commercial uses in a Vertical Mixed Use Building; and affordability requirements for Vertical Mixed Use Building developments will be considered for adoption. The Austin City Council may consider adopting all or some of these regulations, or amending the Vertical Mixed Use (VMU) overlay district to exclude properties from the overlay district. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant vertical mixed use building (V) district zoning and to exclude selected tracts from the vertical mixed use overlay district. Applicant and Agent: Planning and Development Review Department. City Staff: Jacob Browning, 974-7657.
Austin Housing Finance Corporation
The Mayor will recess the City Council meeting to conduct a Board of Directors' Meeting of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. Following adjournment of the AHFC Board meeting the City Council will re-convene.
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance creating an economic development program and authorizing the negotiation and execution of an economic development agreement with FACEBOOK, INC.
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance creating an economic development program and authorizing the negotiation and execution of an economic development agreement with YINGLI GREEN ENERGY AMERICAS, INC.
Conduct a public hearing and consider an appeal by North University Neighborhood Planning Team regarding the decision to approve an Outdoor Music Venue Permit for Little Woodrow's, located at 2610 Guadalupe.
Live Music Tameca Jones Proclamations Proclamation -- Fix-A-Leak Week -- to be presented by Mayor Lee Leffingwell and to be accepted by Greg Meszaros Proclamation -- Red Cross Month -- to be presented by Mayor Lee Leffingwell and to be accepted by Marty McKellips Proclamation -- National Women's Month -- to be presented by Council Member Laura Morrison and to be accepted by Molly Barker Proclamation -- "Getting Connected" Business Resource Fair -- to be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and to be accepted by Vicky Valdez Distinguished Service Awards -- Ralph Gohring and Kyoung Chung -- to be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and to be accepted by the honorees Certificate of Appreciation -- Johnny Degollado -- to be presented by Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez and to be accepted by the honoree
Conduct a public hearing and consider an appeal by North University Neighborhood Planning Team regarding the decision to approve an Outdoor Music Venue Permit for Little Woodrow's, located at 2610 Guadalupe.
Conduct a public hearing to receive citizen input on community needs for the annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2010-2011, required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Community Development 2010-2011 Program as required by Texas Local Government Code Chapter 373.