José Vela
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908 appearances
13 recordings
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 2d ago
José Vela’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The resolution initiates a holistic update to our code to enhance, standardize, and streamline uh street design standards citywide to align with our transit corridors and ASMP street tiers.
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It provides better clarity between our code and TCM, which is currently duplicative, fragmented, and conflicting.
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It initiates a work plan to implement design standards citywide to address pressing everyday issues such as shade and public safety.
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The item also helps us streamline the development process while more clearly and predictably developing in a way that moves us intentionally closer to our climate and mobility goals as a city.
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It's also aligned and dovetails with a former Councilmember Poole's Green Infrastructure Resolution that is quickly advanced.
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advancing the city's efforts to get more street trees on the ground.
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Uh the resolution calls for a robust stakeholder engagement process to get this right.
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And that includes advocates, the general public, the development community, and it also includes our transit dependent riders, renters, and others with lived experiences in our communities.
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Bottom line, ensures Austin is developing as quickly as possible.
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As a city we want to bike in, stroll in, walk in, and take transit in.
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So I want to thank once again my my my staff uh for their hard work on the item, my co-sponsors, uh city staff and our community leaders and advocates who took the time uh to provide input on this very, very important item.
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Um and then also want to speak on item one hundred one.
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Uh which w once again shout out to my staff on the item for their help on it um and their work on it as well as the as my co-sponsors.
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Uh but Austin is now one of the top three cities in the United States for electric vehicle ownership and that number is only continuing to grow.
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To me this resolution is about planning ahead responsibly.
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We have a real opportunity not only to incentivize more residents to transition to EVs, but to do in a way that actually helps the grid by
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encouraging charging during lower demand uh periods before peak demand occurs in the first place.
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During the passage of the Austin Energy Resource Generation Plan in twenty twenty four, uh Dr.
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Weber's analysis found that unmanaged EV charging represented the single largest potential driver of of future peak demand among the scenario scenarios studied.
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