Marc Duchen

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514 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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

Got it. podcast-host

Okay. podcast-host

I'm just going to flag one or two comments here real quick, which is based on some of the answers we just heard. podcast-host

One is that I worry that we're resting on a very kind of optimistic financial forecast where these partners emerge, where in some cases it doesn't seem to me like there's been tremendous interest over the last five or ten years. podcast-host

for this kind of contribution, nor is it clear to me where we get the $366 million to in the next four years. podcast-host

And if we do, that eats into a large part of our debt capacity that we need for many other purposes for the city. podcast-host

It also concerns me that in this time of constraint, it does feel to me like there is this hyper investment going on in a few square blocks where we've got Project Connect, the Convention Center, I-35, Waterloo Greenway, to name a few. podcast-host

that are that we're investing maybe and sometimes in conflict with other needs across the whole city and if we are going to invest in the caps it makes sense to me to invest in spaces that connect uh key resources which it does seem like we've heard today between the convention center redline palm park etc we'd be we'd be doing the last thing is i'll flag another another point that hasn't come up which is podcast-host

We've talked about, I think we collectively understand that there's been some challenges, maybe even struggle to spend down our bonds in a timely way. podcast-host

That's complicating what otherwise would be, I think, very simple decisions for having public bonds. podcast-host

What we'll be doing this year or in the future. podcast-host

And my sense is the last thing that we need is another project where we invest, where we see the actual returns potentially decades later, if they happen at all, as Council Member Siegel mentioned. podcast-host

we I think we need some wins. podcast-host

And if we deliver on projects, I'd love for them to be in a timely way where we're able to enjoy them, you know, the next five or 10 years, rather than having an albatross or a money pit, or being in the same conversation in cities that made some really bad parking meter decisions. podcast-host

so um and then with councilman alters i mean we're still investing in the cap we still have amenities and that's a conversation for everybody here to talk about what's possible and what makes sense and if we can get that right then i think it opens up a future conversation for 11th and 12th street where you know which would be the real space for podcast-host

All the things that you couldn't otherwise fit in this cap. podcast-host

And so I do sense that there's still an opportunity to get what you want. podcast-host

Because in the plan that we're otherwise passing from last year, all of that's indeterminate from both the money, amenities, and timeline perspective from what I'm seeing. podcast-host

At least a roadmap seems better than no roadmap. podcast-host

Thanks. podcast-host

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