RG4N's Letter to Austin City Council

Avatar http://www.rg4n.org Posted by admin 451 days ago

April 3, 2007

Honorable Mayor Wynn and Council Members,

Responsible Growth for Northcross (RG4N) would like to convey our positions on the following two items scheduled for the April 5 City Council agenda:

Item 29, relating to creation of a Charter Revision Committee.

RG4N supports creation of a Charter Revision Committee in order to open a public dialogue about the city manager form of government under which Austin currently operates. Our interest is to explore shifting more authority to elected officials, who are more accountable to the citizens, in order to ensure that the rights of neighborhoods are adequately taken into account in development matters. At this time RG4N takes no position on the other issues that have been discussed relating to charter revision.

Items 25 and 38, relating to City Manager performance and compensation.

Under the current City Manager’s leadership, the site plan approval process appears to be badly managed. For example, City staff did not follow city requirements in approving Lincoln Property Company’s site plan for Northcross Mall. In addition, City staff admitted at the December 14, 2006 Council meeting that not only was the required notice on the Northcross site plan faulty but that all such notices have been faulty for years. Such a mistake reflects quite poorly on the City Manager’s performance.

RG4N requests that the Council consider this issue in the City Manager’s performance review, as well as determine whether and to what extent the City Manager is also failing to ensure that other City requirements are followed. RG4N also requests that the City Manager not receive a raise, since ensuring City staff follow City requirements is a fundamental responsibility of that position, one which the City Manager has demonstrably failed to carry out adequately.

Sincerely,

Responsible Growth for Northcross
Location: Austin, Texas

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