José Vela

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Austin City Council · City Council Work Session · 26 May 2026 meeting

I go to other neighborhoods in the, in the district, cherry wood, Hancock.

Delwood, the downtown folks, and then there's folks that other council members, the neighborhoods, other council members have.

And the number one issue during neighborhood meetings is is the cap and stitch.

And I just think it would be a huge loss if we don't kind of continue with the original.

Item that we passed a while ago, and I worry about saying yes to what's proposed today is denying so many folks so many parts of town.

And it's a thing that's been said throughout.

It's, you know.

you know you know it's something that we're not going to see necessarily during our time in office or you know in our lifetime but but for me it's always about laying the foundation like yeah we might not see it in the next four or five years or we might not see it in eight years but i want to make sure that we have something in place that when people look back at this council they don't say wow they really had an opportunity and they blew it just because it's not something they were going to see during their time in office

i i hope to live a decently long life but even hypothetically if i knew the exact day and time that i was going to pass i still would want to make sure that the work that we do on the council and something that we brought forward even if it was going to help people that i would never be able to see or meet or know i would i would want to make sure that you know we you know whether it be called future proofing it or whatever we where do you want to use i would want to make

sure that we, you know, kind of do the work.

Because I think it's also been said that it's, you know, the whole concept about bridging communities back together.

And I think that's what this is.

And, you know, I think myself and Councilmember Alter might be the two biggest foodies in City Hall.

Well, I mean, we like no other.

But all that being said, it's not about a steakhouse, but it's about making sure that we have a place for the community to kind of come together.

So that's my time.

Great.

Thank you so much for the presentation, Kerry.

Just a quick question on the last slide that he just showed where it talks about council action on July 23rd, 2026 council meeting.

When can council expect any draft versions of the state and federal legislative priorities to come before us before we adopt on July 23rd?

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