Non-Consent Eminent Domain Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings for the Spicewood Springs Road Mobility Improvements Project for the right-of-way acquisition of approximately 0.0181 of an acre of land (approx. 789 square feet), being out of and a portion of the James M. Mitchell Survey No. 17, Abstract No. 521, in Travis County, Texas, same being a portion of that certain tract described in Document No. 2000017269 of the Official Public Records of Travis County, Texas and conveyed to Laszlo Herczeg in a General Warranty Deed dated November 21, 2008, recorded in Document No. 2008169731 of the said Official Public Records in the amount of $2,904, for the public use of a mobility improvements project to address congestion and enhance mobility and safety for the public. The owner of the needed property is Laszlo Herczeg. The property is located entirely within District 10, at 5003 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin, Texas 78759. The general route of the project is located within the Austin city limits and is oriented east-west as Spicewood Springs connects with Loop 360 and Loop 1. The project area limits are approximately 4,000 feet of Spicewood Springs Road from Loop 360 to Mesa Drive, in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Strategic Outcome(s): Mobility. District(s): District 10
10:30 AM - Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting 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 reconvene. (The AHFC agenda is temporarily located at http://austintexas.gov/department/city-council/2020/20200409-ahfc.htm).
Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution for an application by ECG Wildhorse, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Wildhorse Flats, located at or near the southeast corner of Highway 290 and Highway 130 in the Wildhorse Public Improvement District, within the City. District(s): District 1
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-12 (Technical Codes) to adopt and amend the 2015 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code.
Non-Consent Public Hearings and Possible Actions Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance adopting a moratorium on city utility disconnections, waiving city utility late fees, extending the deadline for commercial and multifamily energy audit and benchmark reporting, reducing certain city electric and water rates, expanding eligibility for the city utilities’ customer assistance program to include individuals experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, amending the fiscal year 2019-2020 budgets of Austin Water and Austin Energy to appropriate up to $10,000,000 for the utilities’ Plus-One payment assistance programs, and declaring an emergency.
Item(s) from Council Approve a resolution related to magistration services provided by Austin Municipal Court judges, and reforms to end wealth-based detention and improve equity in the Travis County justice system. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Council Member Gregorio Casar, Council Member Jimmy Flannigan, and Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison
C14-2019-0151 - The Colorfield - Conduct a public hearing and approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1006 Baylor Street (Shoal Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from multifamily residence high density-conditional overlay - neighborhood plan (MF-5-CO-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (MF-6-CO-NP) combining district zoning. First Reading approved on February 20, 2020. Vote: 10-0, Council Member Casar off the dias. Owner and Applicant: Colorfield, LLC (Bryan Cumby). Agent: Alice Glasco Consulting (Alice Glasco). City Staff: Mark Graham, 512-974-3574. District(s): District 9
Approve a resolution relating to assistance for and protections of customers of financial institutions. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison, and Council Member Gregorio Casar
Law Discussion and possible action regarding Acuna et al v. City of Austin et al, Cause No. D-1-GN-19-008617, in the 201st District Court, Travis County, Texas. Strategic Outcome(s): Government that Works for All.
Approve a resolution relating to the expanded Family and Medical Leave Act and emergency paid sick leave coverage under the Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act for City of Austin employees. Sponsors: Council Member Kathie Tovo, Council Member Ann Kitchen, Council Member Gregorio Casar, Council Member Leslie Pool, and Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria
81. Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute amendments to existing social services contracts and to negotiate and execute new emergency contracts funded from the Relief in a State of Emergency (RISE) Fund to offer immediate support services and direct financial assistance to residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Council Member Gregorio Casar, Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Kathie Tovo, and Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria 87. Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 General Fund Emergency Reserve Fund (Ordinance 20190910-001) to appropriate an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for the Relief in a State of Emergency (RISE) Fund to support COVID-19 emergency relief; and declaring an emergency. Sponsors: Council Member Gregorio Casar, Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria, Mayor Steve Adler, and Council Member Kathie Tovo
Approve a resolution related to the use of the Live Music Fund for Emergency Assistance grants for musicians. Sponsors: Council Member Kathie Tovo, Council Member Ann Kitchen, Council Member Leslie Pool, and Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza
Public Hearings and Possible Actions Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a waiver from the 300 foot minimum separation distance required by City Code Chapter 4-9, Section 4(A) between a business selling alcoholic beverages and a public school from Neighborhood Goods, a proposed retail store with accessory restaurant use at 1007 S. Congress Avenue, situated on property that is within 300 feet of the Texas School for the Deaf, a public school located at 1102 S. Congress Avenue. District(s): District 9 Adjourn
Apr 09, 2020 City Council Meetings
Non-Consent Eminent Domain Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings for the Spicewood Springs Road Mobility Improvements Project for the right-of-way acquisition of approximately 0.0181 of an acre of land (approx. 789 square feet), being out of and a portion of the James M. Mitchell Survey No. 17, Abstract No. 521, in Travis County, Texas, same being a portion of that certain tract described in Document No. 2000017269 of the Official Public Records of Travis County, Texas and conveyed to Laszlo Herczeg in a General Warranty Deed dated November 21, 2008, recorded in Document No. 2008169731 of the said Official Public Records in the amount of $2,904, for the public use of a mobility improvements project to address congestion and enhance mobility and safety for the public. The owner of the needed property is Laszlo Herczeg. The property is located entirely within District 10, at 5003 Spicewood Springs Road, Austin, Texas 78759. The general route of the project is located within the Austin city limits and is oriented east-west as Spicewood Springs connects with Loop 360 and Loop 1. The project area limits are approximately 4,000 feet of Spicewood Springs Road from Loop 360 to Mesa Drive, in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Strategic Outcome(s): Mobility. District(s): District 10
10:30 AM - Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting 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 reconvene. (The AHFC agenda is temporarily located at http://austintexas.gov/department/city-council/2020/20200409-ahfc.htm).
Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution for an application by ECG Wildhorse, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Wildhorse Flats, located at or near the southeast corner of Highway 290 and Highway 130 in the Wildhorse Public Improvement District, within the City. District(s): District 1
Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-12 (Technical Codes) to adopt and amend the 2015 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code.
Non-Consent Public Hearings and Possible Actions Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance adopting a moratorium on city utility disconnections, waiving city utility late fees, extending the deadline for commercial and multifamily energy audit and benchmark reporting, reducing certain city electric and water rates, expanding eligibility for the city utilities’ customer assistance program to include individuals experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, amending the fiscal year 2019-2020 budgets of Austin Water and Austin Energy to appropriate up to $10,000,000 for the utilities’ Plus-One payment assistance programs, and declaring an emergency.
Item(s) from Council Approve a resolution related to magistration services provided by Austin Municipal Court judges, and reforms to end wealth-based detention and improve equity in the Travis County justice system. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Council Member Gregorio Casar, Council Member Jimmy Flannigan, and Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison
C14-2019-0151 - The Colorfield - Conduct a public hearing and approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1006 Baylor Street (Shoal Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from multifamily residence high density-conditional overlay - neighborhood plan (MF-5-CO-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence highest density-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (MF-6-CO-NP) combining district zoning. First Reading approved on February 20, 2020. Vote: 10-0, Council Member Casar off the dias. Owner and Applicant: Colorfield, LLC (Bryan Cumby). Agent: Alice Glasco Consulting (Alice Glasco). City Staff: Mark Graham, 512-974-3574. District(s): District 9
Approve a resolution relating to assistance for and protections of customers of financial institutions. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison, and Council Member Gregorio Casar
Law Discussion and possible action regarding Acuna et al v. City of Austin et al, Cause No. D-1-GN-19-008617, in the 201st District Court, Travis County, Texas. Strategic Outcome(s): Government that Works for All.
Approve a resolution relating to the expanded Family and Medical Leave Act and emergency paid sick leave coverage under the Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act for City of Austin employees. Sponsors: Council Member Kathie Tovo, Council Member Ann Kitchen, Council Member Gregorio Casar, Council Member Leslie Pool, and Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria
81. Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute amendments to existing social services contracts and to negotiate and execute new emergency contracts funded from the Relief in a State of Emergency (RISE) Fund to offer immediate support services and direct financial assistance to residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Council Member Gregorio Casar, Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Kathie Tovo, and Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria 87. Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 General Fund Emergency Reserve Fund (Ordinance 20190910-001) to appropriate an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for the Relief in a State of Emergency (RISE) Fund to support COVID-19 emergency relief; and declaring an emergency. Sponsors: Council Member Gregorio Casar, Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza, Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria, Mayor Steve Adler, and Council Member Kathie Tovo
Approve a resolution related to the use of the Live Music Fund for Emergency Assistance grants for musicians. Sponsors: Council Member Kathie Tovo, Council Member Ann Kitchen, Council Member Leslie Pool, and Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza
Public Hearings and Possible Actions Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a waiver from the 300 foot minimum separation distance required by City Code Chapter 4-9, Section 4(A) between a business selling alcoholic beverages and a public school from Neighborhood Goods, a proposed retail store with accessory restaurant use at 1007 S. Congress Avenue, situated on property that is within 300 feet of the Texas School for the Deaf, a public school located at 1102 S. Congress Avenue. District(s): District 9 Adjourn