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What is discussed at the start of this section?
You're watching a meeting of the Austin City Council with Mayor Kirk Watson, Mayor Pro Tem Cheeto Vela, Council Members Natasha Harper-Madison, Vanessa Fuentes, Jose Velasquez, Ryan Alter, Krista Lane, Mike Siegel, Paige Ellis. Zoe Khadri. Mark Duchin. City Attorney Deborah Thomas. City Clerk Erica Brady. And City Manager T.C. Brodnax.
Good morning, everybody. It's 10 o'clock in the morning on April 23rd, 2026, and I will call to order this regular meeting of the Austin City Council. We are we have a quorum of the city council president and we're meeting in the city council chambers, which are located in City Hall at 301 West Second Street in Austin, Texas. Members, the order of the day will be that in just a second I'll read some changes and corrections into the record. We will then go to our consent items. There are two items that have been pulled from the consent agenda, item number 6 and item number 29. Item number 6 and item number 29 have been pulled from the consent agenda. I will also, by the way, make for the record that you have late backup, but I'll do that in just a second.
Once we finish the consent speakers, we will then go to a call for a motion and a second on the consent agenda. We will have discussion from the council. We will then either go to the AHS, Austin Housing Finance Corporation, Board of Directors meeting, where we will recess the Austin City Council. And I'll call that Board of Directors meeting to order. Or we will just go to the pooled items. We'll just see how the morning goes. We have a number of non-consent items. Items 42, 43, 44, 45, and 46 are non-consent items. Also items 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54. at noon we will pretty much stop wherever we are and we will take up a time certain which is our public communications at noon we will also recess at around 12 30 to 12 35 for live music and i anticipate that recess will go until about 1 10. at some point during the course of the day and with that without objection
I'll just try to manage when the best time for us to do that. We will go into an executive session, and at 2 o'clock, of course, we have a time certain. We will get to that as close to 2 o'clock as we can, which is our zoning and neighborhood planning items. Members, for the record, let me state that you have late backup. You have late backup that has been posted, and you have it on the agenda. It relates to board and commission's nominations and waivers. I want to call that out for the record. In addition for the record, let me read some changes and corrections. Item number 6, it should not say District 1, it should say District 2. Item number 41, it should add Councilmember Krista Lane as one of the sponsors.
Item number 61 is withdrawn. Item number 62 is withdrawn. And members, as I've already noted, items 6 and 29 have been pulled from the consent agenda. Unless there's questions or objection, we will now go to speakers that have signed up on the consent agenda. And I don't see any questions or objections. So I do see some speakers. And so we'll go to those speakers. Thank you, Mayor. We'll begin with in-person speakers on item one, Jen Robichaux.
Good morning, Council. I'm Jen Robichaux, a longtime Austin resident. I'm addressing the homeless strategic plan from the council's meeting on March 26. First,
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thank the homeless strategies and operations for their planned cleanups. Taxpayers have asked for this, and it shows that the city is working to maintain public spaces. While I appreciate the city gathering data to assess our strategy's effectiveness, significant gaps remain in data collection and housing options. To truly understand homelessness in Austin, we need better information about where our homeless neighbors are coming from, such as did they move here by choice or were they sent by another municipality? When they arrived, did they come for a job or were they already homeless? Have they ever held a job in Austin or had their own housing here? This data matters to taxpayers who support helping local Austin neighbors but oppose using public resources for homeless migrants.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:07–14:52
2
How does the conversation shift to the homeless strategic plan and legal settlement?
14:52–1:08:21
3
What are the main points of the Safe‑to‑Call resolution and its testimonies?
1:08:21–2:05:20
4
How does the agenda move from the Safe‑to‑Call items to the food‑co‑op, affordable‑housing and Mopac discussions?
2:05:20–2:48:04
5
What is discussed at the start of this section?
2:48:04–2:51:16
6
How does the conversation evolve into public comments about traffic safety?
2:51:16–2:58:32
7
What is announced about the Lil’ J Day proclamation and local music?
2:58:32–3:02:52
8
How does the council transition to item 6 and the hotel development discussion?
3:02:52–5:18:11
Speakers
2 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.