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Our next meeting is on Monday, August 28 at 6:30pm at the Spicewood Springs Library. This month we will be reviewing the 2017 legislative session and it's impact to you and the city.
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Past Meetings
July Community Meeting
July 24th, 2017
This month we discussed the breakdown of the city budget for 2017-2018 with city Budget Officer Ed Van Eenoo. See an even more detailed breakdown of the budget at budget.austintexas.gov
June Community Meeting
June 26th, 2017
This month we discussed the search process for a new City Manager.
May Community Meeting
May 22nd, 2017
This month we discussed Water Forward, Austin's Integrated Water Resources Plan (IWRP), a collaborative effort led by Austin Water to provide a 100-year water supply and demand management plan for the City.
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April Community Meeting
April 24th, 2017
This month we had city Planning and Zoning staff join us to review the draft map for CodeNext, kicking off a series of neighborhood meetings across NW Austin.
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March Community Meeting
March 27th, 2017
This month we had city and CapMetro staff join us for a "Traffic Jam!" discussion on Project Connect and the coming Austin Strategic Mobility Plan.
February Community Meeting
February 27th, 2017
This month we had city staff join us for a discussion on the recently released CodeNext Draft Text.
We also kicked off our first attempt at satellite meetings. The regular meeting was primarily for folks willing to host satellite meetings elsewhere in District 6 on this topic in March. The CodeNext process can be complicated, so we want to ensure time for questions and answers that can be difficult to accomplish with more than 70 people packed into the library.
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January Community Meeting
January 23rd, 2017
Newly-elected Austin City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan gave a review of the city's recent strategic planning efforts, an update on next steps for Anderson Mill Road, and a preview of the next round of citizen-led efforts for Duval Road and the Four Points area. There was also a group discussion about CodeNext.
Read more about the strategic planning, including the draft list of strategic outcomes at http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=269899
September Community Meeting
September 26th, 2016
Thanks to Ed Van Eenoo, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, for attending our meeting and giving us an overview of how the city budgets and plans long-term spending and bond monies. As requested, the current 5 year plan has a chart of what is left to be spent from prior bond elections. You can see how quickly previous bonds were spent on page 585/586 here:
https://assets.austintexas.gov/budget/16-17/downloads/fy_17_5_year_cip_plan_final.pdf
Also thanks to Katie Naranjo with Move Austin Forward for answering our questions about the transportation bond. You can read more about the bond at www.moveaustinforward.com, which includes links to the official corridor plans on the city's website.
August Community Meeting
August 22nd, 2016
Our annual budget review meeting covered all the major areas, including the detail budget information for Austin Police, Fire, EMS, Parks, Library, and Health & Human Services. We also briefly discussed what we can do better in the budget process and what to look forward to in the coming city manager hiring process.
Watch the video on YouTube
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June Community Meeting
June 27th, 2016
Discussion on the Orlando shooting, overview of where our taxes go, and a presentation from Bike Austin
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February Community Meeting
February 22nd, 2016
Bob Gedert from Austin Resource Recovery and Stacy Guidry from Austin Zero Waste Alliance spoke about the City's zero waste goals and programs
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January Community Meeting + Forum
January 25th, 2016
Candidate forum featuring Travis County Sheriff and Williamson County Commissioner Precinct 1.
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October Community Meeting
October 26th, 2015
Kicking off the "Solutions" phase of the Anderson Mill Rd Corridor Study
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View the corridor study maps
September Community Meeting
September 28th, 2015
Presentation by city staff about CodeNext, a review of the approved city budget, and an update on the Anderson Mill Rd Corridor Study.
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August Community Meeting
August 24th, 2015
A review of the proposed City of Austin budget and an update on the Anderson Mill Rd Corridor Study.
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July Community Meeting
June 27th, 2015
Presentation by New Courts for Families about the proposed Travis County Courthouse and an update on the Anderson Mill Rd Corridor Study.
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June Community Meeting
June 29th, 2015
Kickoff of the Anderson Mill Corridor Study
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View the photo gallery
January Community Meeting
January 26th, 2015
Community recap of 2014 and a discussion about NWAC's future
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September Community Meeting
September 22rd, 2014
Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros spoke about the new WTP4, the drought, and the future of water resources in Austin.
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June Community Meeting
June 23rd, 2014
Representatives from Capital Metro, Lone Star Rail, 183 North Mobility, and the City of Austin Urban Trails program updated the community about the regional transportation planning underway and future projects aimed to address traffic in NW Austin.
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April Community Meeting
April 28th, 2014
Representatives from Austin Police updated the community about the challenges facing NW Austin. There were also discussions about the City of Austin's Urban Rail plan and Wildfire Preparedness Day on May 3rd.
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March Community Meeting
March 24th, 2014
The meeting was primarilty focused on the City of Austin's Neighborhood Partnering Program, with discussions also about transportation and wildfires.
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February Community Meeting
February 24th, 2014
The meeting was primarilty focused on CodeNext, with discussions also about transportation, wildfires, and public safety.
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January Community Meeting & Candidate Forum
January 27th, 2014
Watch the videos on our YouTube channel.
Read the Press Release about this first-ever event.
November Community Meeting
November 18th, 2013
Topics included 10-1 redistricting, November elections, transportation, water, and public safety.
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October Community Meeting
October 14th, 2013
Topics included 10-1 redistricting, transportation, wildfires and water, affordability, and public safety.
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September Redistricting Subcommittee Meeting
September 26th, 2013
A subgroup of community leaders met to determine our locally-preferred option for Northwest Austin. Discussion also included leaders from North Austin and Mueller.
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September Community Meeting
September 9th, 2013
Topics included 10-1 redistricting, transportation, wildfires and water, affordability, and public safety.
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August Redisticting Subcommittee Meeting
August 12th, 2013
A subgroup of community leaders met to determine our locally-preferred option for Northwest Austin. Discussions also included leaders from North Austin.
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August Community Meeting
August 5th, 2013
Topics covered included 10-1 redistricting and mapping, transportation, wildfires and water, affordability, public safety, the City of Austin proposed budget, and the coming Texas HD50 special election.
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