Item 3A Passed 9-0

Item 3A — Thursday, July 30, 2026

Current official agenda wording

Approve the following items for inclusion in a November 3, 2026, special charter amendment election: A) clarifying that the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission is independent of Council control, allowing the ICRC to review City districts after changes to the City’s boundary lines, providing an effective date for the redistricting plan adopted by the ICRC, increasing the number of individuals in the pool of potential appointees to the ICRC, clarifying the method and timing of filling vacancies on the ICRC, and allowing City staff to communicate with the ICRC outside of a meeting;

"item three a, as amended, is adopted with council members, harper-madison and Fuentes temporarily off the dais" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

What got said

Attributed statements from the meeting transcript, not official agenda values.

Council member Alter's amendment clarified language so students aren't excluded from the ICRC
Alter thanked resident Jack for calling attention to the student exclusion issue

The roll call

City of Austin headshots stay on the council page. The City's terms allow personal use of austintexas.gov images, so this roll call shows initials.

Approved as amended 9-0

Member records (11)