City of Austin : City Council, District 1
Yes A concern that I have heard on the campaign trail is the frustration with how long the permitting review …
Vincent Harding
Yes. The delay in the permitting process for residential and commercial projects is a resource draining and time-consuming impediment to …
Natasha Harper-Madison
Yes I don’t have enough information to know whether I would support the specific goal mentioned, but in general I …
Mariana Salazar
Yes. Promotion of effective service delivery and high-quality customer service is a key function of city government. Council must ensure …
Reedy Macque Spigner III
City of Austin : City Council, District 3
Yes. The stories I hear from my father, a 38 year participant of construction in Austin, homeowners, and small business …
Justin Jacobson
Yes. I would support and have supported increased funding and resources to help the Development Services Department reach these goals.
Sabino “Pio” Renteria
City of Austin : City Council, District 8
Yes. We need to continue the work of reforming the permitting process. Moving all the individuals who permit for the …
Rich DePalma
Yes, as stated in my answer to Question 5, there are a number of ways to help achieve this. Should …
Bobby Levinski
City of Austin : City Council, District 9
Yes I absolutely believe that we should have performance and schedule goals for the review process.
Danielle Skidmore
No. I support this as a goal to the extent that it is feasible to do so while still ensuring …
Kathie Tovo
City of Austin : Mayor
Yes. The budget adds significantly to the staff resources to deliver timely review. It is important to have our goal …
John Doe
Yes. The budget adds significantly to the staff resources to deliver timely review. It is important to have our goal …
Steve Adler
Yes. This is a reasonable timeframe; we can approach this with “beyond policy” mentality, meaning we may quickly implement the …
Travis Duncan
Yes. There have been some important improvements in the Development Services Department, but clearly more are needed. Austin’s benchmarks for …
Laura Morrison
Yes. The permitting process is a glaring example of inefficient and ineffective operations. While it would be ideal to improve …