What Is Austin City Council Talking About Today?

Happy Thursday! I’m back with a peek at today’s Austin City Council meeting agenda. What are the haps? I’ve got you – the meeting starts at 10 a.m. and includes more than 100 items:

✏️ Don’t Forget: You Can Sign Up To Speak

If you have something to say at City Council today, you can register to speak until 9:15 a.m. at City Hall.

🎶 The City May Amend a Code Regarding Volume at Outdoor Music Venues

City Council members may decide to approve an ordinance that would require new residential and hotel developments near outdoor music venues and some performance venues to conduct a sound assessment. The idea is to make sure developers are aware of the sound levels already present.

💰 More Than $1 Million Could Go to Homelessness Care

The city will consider giving $1.01 million to Integral Care for permanent supportive housing for Austinites experiencing homelessness. Approval of the item would also extend the city’s agreement with Integral Care, a local non-profit that provides counseling, housing, and drug and alcohol treatment to adults and children with mental illness, substance abuse issues, and intellectual and developmental disabilities, through September 2025.

• The city’s Homeless Strategy Office is also asking for $775,000 to provide emergency shelter to homeless youth and young adults through Austin non-profit Lifeworks; $500,000 for emergency and transitional shelter for immigrants experiencing homelessness through Casa Marianella; $218,000 for Austin Clubhouse to provide outreach to people experiencing homelessness; and more than $130,000 for the city’s agreement with the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, Inc., to provide more training regarding equity in the homelessness response system.

🚲 Austin’s Transportation and Public Works Department Wants More Funding for CapMetro’s Bikeshare

City Council members will consider an amendment to increase funding for CapMetro’s Bikeshare program, which provides rentable electric bikes around town. The city’s Transportation and Public Works Department is requesting an amount not to exceed $18.55 million over 10 years, which they say will allow the program to be expanded.