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Editorial: Lifting the camping ban without a plan was a failure, but Prop B won t help By American-Statesman Editorial Board Cities have long grappled with homelessness. But in this moment in Austin with tents lining the breezy shoreline of Lady Bird Lake, with burgeoning encampments spilling out from highway underpasses and popping up closer to neighborhoods, with the public safety hazards measured in charred structures and frostbitten, amputated feet homelessness is the consummate crisis. Austin’s last point-in-time count put the homeless population around 2,500, a number that has surely grown over the past year. Many of those folks live in desperate conditions in our public spaces. ....
The ordinance to waive the permitting requirements and fees extends through March 31; however, City Council signaled that it could extend the deadline during its May 20 meeting. Meszaros said Austin Water has moved $1 million in its budget to help fund private repairs for Austinites. Local leaders and utility officials have already confirmed to city residents that they would not see spikes in their utility bills as a result of the winter storms something residents in other parts of Texas have experienced. City Council took the additional step Feb. 25 to waive all late fees on utility bills. City Manager Spencer Cronk will now be tasked with leading the local effort of reinforcing city systems against the damage brought on by the storms. ....
Propositions on the ballot in May could fundamentally change how the Austin City Council works, how the city approaches homelessness, how police oversight functions within the city's governmental structure and the mere act of voting in local elections. ....
Camping bans under I-35 could be reinstated. The Austin City Council OK d a measure that could effectively bring back targeted bans on camping in public. Council Member Ann Kitchen s plan, known as the HEAL Initiative, asks City Manager Spencer Cronk to identify encampments in dangerous locations, provide resources to move people there into housing and then suggest policies to prohibit camps at those sites. Council members Mackenzie Kelly, Leslie Pool, Pio Renteria and Kathie Tovo all co-sponsored the item. It passed 8 to 3, with Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison joining council members Vanessa Fuentes and Greg Casar in voting against it. ....
The millions of dollars the city of Austin promised to live music venues who ve been pummeled by the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be delivered after two months, raising an already high degree of discomfort to clubs struggling to keep their lights on. But the assistance is coming soon, the city insists, and it ll end up being more than originally planned through additional resources that at one time were thought to have been out of reach. Last week, the Austin City Council threw a lifeline to venues by offering a tax reimbursement program that could make landlords think twice about proceeding with eviction for non-payment. The program will make use of Chapter 380 incentive agreements named for the portion of the state s local government code that authorizes them - to offer tax breaks to landlords who are willing to renegotiate lease agreements. ....