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The city manager is expected to present a plan and budget for six resilience hubs in June. Author: Daranesha Herron (KVUE) Updated: 6:53 PM CDT May 23, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas City leaders and neighbors who live in Austin s eastern crescent are calling for the city manager to involve the community in planning for the next disaster. The City should be prepared to assist their citizens and residents, not the community and yet that s what we were doing, and the City responded very late, AISD Support Specialist Sonia Hernández. During the historic winter storm, Sonia Hernandez said she felt hopeless, with no electricity for more than two weeks. The AISD Parent Support Specialist at Palm Elementary said she couldn t help her students. ....
Art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images (Photos by David Brendan Hall and John Anderson) At their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had just laid at their feet. Vanessa Fuentes expressed her gratitude. Ann Kitchen promised to study the recommendations. Alison Alter praised the task force members for pouring themselves into the work. Those whom they d praised – the community activists the task force comprises – were quite untouched. With the three-hour meeting wrapping up, they wanted to know where they stood. It s imperative that we see the city manager s office, staff, council, and the city as a whole make a public commitment, said Monica Guzmán of Go Austin/Vamos Austin. ....
Image by Kate Baucherel from Pixabay Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced that he wanted to “reimagine” public safety in the city. If the use of the word “reimagine” pinged your “I’ve got a bad feeling about this” radar, you will soon know how right you are. Thus far, “reimagining” public safety has gravely damaged it in Austin. It has amounted to cutting about $150 million from the Austin Police Department’s budget and standing idly by while violent crime rates have soared in the once peaceful and slightly weird city. Two APD cadet classes were also canceled. Breaking Bad has come to Austin. By my last count, Austin police officers have been shot on duty four times already in 2021, and there have been 22 homicides, all while officers cannot leave the force fast enough. They’re retiring and resigning at a pace that would take about 10% off an already undermanned police department by the end of 2021. Travis County DA Jose Garza is focused more on pr ....
Austin City Council plans resilience hubs in wake of February storms Jeff Bell Replay Video UP NEXT Austin s City Council approved a resolution starting the process to make resilience hubs in the wake of February s storms. They would serve as emergency shelters to deal with future disasters. The hubs at schools and other community buildings throughout the city would have the capacity to serve as shelters, evacuation centers and/or disaster response hubs during emergencies. During non-disaster times, they would serve as community centers offering City services and resources. The City Council resolution directs the city manager to explore the option of equipping the resilience hubs with backup power and water storage capable of maintaining operations during an extended power outage, with other resources to meet basic needs. ....