, ,   Austin Chamber of Commerce

Would you support a policy requiring the City’s Development Services department to achieve its goal of 90% permit review completion within 15 business days across all departments/disciplines by April 2019? (Y/N/Explain)

City of Austin : City Council, District 1

Yes

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Lewis Conway Jr.

Yes A concern that I have heard on the campaign trail is the frustration with how long the permitting review …

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Vincent Harding

Yes. The delay in the permitting process for residential and commercial projects is a resource draining and time-consuming impediment to …

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Natasha Harper-Madison

Yes I don’t have enough information to know whether I would support the specific goal mentioned, but in general I …

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Mariana Salazar

Yes. Promotion of effective service delivery and high-quality customer service is a key function of city government. Council must ensure …

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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 …

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Justin Jacobson

Yes. See code responses above on bias toward expedience.

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Amit Motwani

Yes. I would support and have supported increased funding and resources to help the Development Services Department reach these goals.

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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 …

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Rich DePalma

Yes, as stated in my answer to Question 5, there are a number of ways to help achieve this. Should …

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Bobby Levinski

Absolutely. And then let’s get that number closer to 100%.

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Frank Ward III

City of Austin : City Council, District 9

Yes I absolutely believe that we should have performance and schedule goals for the review process.

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Danielle Skidmore

No. I support this as a goal to the extent that it is feasible to do so while still ensuring …

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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 …

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John Doe

Yes. The budget adds significantly to the staff resources to deliver timely review. It is important to have our goal …

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Steve Adler

Yes. This is a reasonable timeframe; we can approach this with “beyond policy” mentality, meaning we may quickly implement the …

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Travis Duncan

Yes. There have been some important improvements in the Development Services Department, but clearly more are needed. Austin’s benchmarks for …

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Laura Morrison

Yes. The permitting process is a glaring example of inefficient and ineffective operations. While it would be ideal to improve …

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Todd Phelps