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SUMMARY:Advocacy Roundtable - Citywide & Downtown Density Bonus Updates
DESCRIPTION:Each month\, the AIA Austin Advocacy Roundtable brings together professionals to discuss strategies individual professionals\, practices\, and AIA Austin can take to proactively advocate for issues important to our members and the larger community. \nThis month\, the Advocacy Commission presents Citywide & Downtown Density Bonus Updates. Austin’s density bonus programs allow modified building standards\, such as increased height\, in exchange for community benefits like affordable housing and public space. City of Austin Planning staff will present draft revisions intended to consolidate and clarify existing bonus tools\, refine gatekeeper requirements and community benefit options\, and address concerns related to accountability and impacts on existing housing. Participants will gain an understanding of how these proposed policy changes may influence development patterns\, housing outcomes\, urban design\, and public welfare in Austin\, and will have the opportunity to provide feedback prior to formal adoption. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nIdentify the major proposed changes to Austin’s Citywide and Downtown Density Bonus programs\, including updates to development entitlements\, gatekeeper requirements\, and community benefits.\nExplain how density bonus programs can be used to secure public benefits such as affordable housing\, publicly accessible open space\, and other community-serving amenities.\nEvaluate how proposed revisions may affect redevelopment patterns\, accountability\, and the impacts of new development on existing housing and surrounding neighborhoods.\nAssess how density bonus policy can influence urban design\, walkability\, accessibility\, and broader public-welfare outcomes in Austin’s built environment.\n\nBring your bag lunch and join us to engage with city planners and share feedback that could help shape Austin’s future growth. \n1.5 LU (pending)\n$5 members/$20 non-members\nRegister Here \n\nAll sales final
URL:https://calendar.aiaaustin.org/event/advocacy-roundtable-citywide-downtown-density-bonus-updates/
LOCATION:AIA Austin\, 801 W 12th St\, Austin\, TX\, 78701
CATEGORIES:Advocacy Committee
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SUMMARY:Advocacy Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:AIA Austin Advocacy Happy Hour\nAnyone and everyone interested in advocacy is welcome to join us for some casual conversations! \nBatch Craft Beer & Kolaches\n3220 Manor Road\n5:30 – 7:30 PM\nNo registration necessary.
URL:https://calendar.aiaaustin.org/event/advocacy-happy-hour-3/
LOCATION:Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches\, 3220 Manor Road\, Austin\, 78723\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advocacy Committee
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SUMMARY:Housing Advocacy Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Housing Advocacy Committee intends to promote affordable housing for all Austinites. We track code\, policies\, and discriminatory housing practices. The intention of this group is to be proactive\, not reactive on housing policy\, and we look for organizations to partner with on issues as we leverage our own expertise as design professionals and leaders of the community. \nThis committee’s monthly meetings are second Fridays\, 12-1PM. Meetings are hybrid – attend in-person at AIA Austin or via Zoom. Join our email list to learn about upcoming events.
URL:https://calendar.aiaaustin.org/event/housing-advocacy-committee-meeting-3/2026-04-10/
LOCATION:AIA Austin\, 801 W 12th St\, Austin\, TX\, 78701
CATEGORIES:Advocacy Committee,Housing Advocacy
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SUMMARY:Mobility Advocacy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This month\, we’ll meet at the Downtown Austin Alliance\, 515 Congress Avenue\, Suite 2150 (21st Floor)\n\n\nAgenda: \n\nIntroductions                 [5 minutes]\nPast Event Recap        [5 minutes]\n\n4/9 – Roundtable on Citywide and Downtown Density Bonus\n\n\nNew Topics & Tracking Updates         [15 minutes]\n\nAdvocacy Subject Matter Experts\nBarton Springs Road Bridge Preservation\nI-35 ROW Improvements & Street Trees\nProject Connect\nAustin 2026 Bond Package\n\n\nCurrent Priorities         [20 minutes]\n\nTwo Way Street Reversions / ACT (Austin Core Transportation) Next Steps\nCitywide and Downtown Density Bonus Updates\nGreat Streets / DDBP / Central City District Plan\nI-35 Cap & Stitch\n\n\nUpcoming Events        [10 minutes]\n\nMarch/April – ULI Student Design Competition: Hancock & Cherrywood\nMay/June – AIA Roundtable\nTBD – WiA Coffee & Conversation\nSeptember – Candidate Forum\n\n\nAction Items                   [5 minutes]\n\n\nThe Mobility Advocacy Committee promotes regional transportation solutions that address equity\, sustainability\, and quality of life issues while providing a range of transportation options. We believe that successful attempts to promote design and quality of life initiatives in the built environment must include transportation and the public realm as integral parts of the whole.\n\nWe typically meet monthly on the second Tuesday from Noon–1:00 p.m. Join our email list to hear about upcoming events.
URL:https://calendar.aiaaustin.org/event/mobility-advocacy-meeting-4/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy Committee,Mobility Committee
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SUMMARY:Resiliency & Climate Response Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our April meeting. \nAGENDA \nTRACKING ISSUES \n\nShort report topics:\n\nAIA Resilience Design Toolkit summary (Lauren lead; members familiarize in advance)\n\ngroup discussion:  Which parts of the toolkit do we practice? How to integrate frameworks for resilience into our practice?\n\n\n\n\n\nPRIORITY ITEMS \n\n\n\nBird Friendly Design\n\nCollaboration with Travis Audubon:\n\nSign Bird Friendly Design Ordinance petition here\nDark Sky Week Proclamation\, CM Duchen’s office:\n\nWe sent the following blurb to Audubon detailing why AIA is in support of Dark Sky: The AIA Austin Resiliency Advocacy Committee supports dark sky initiatives in Austin to reduce light pollution\, protect ecological systems\, and preserve access to natural night skies as a shared cultural and environmental resource. These efforts also align with AIA priorities around energy efficiency\, human health\, and responsible design that minimizes unnecessary artificial lighting in the built environment.  \n\n\n\n\nBird Friendly Design Ordinance – long term\, waiting for movement from staff\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAEGB Input Cycle opens May 01-June 01 link here\n\n\n\n\nNeed to put together a short-term working group for this\n\n\nSpecific & current Water related items to support\n\nRequest guidance on steps to take from Watershed (Matt Hollon)\n\nDetailed Flood Depth Information \nUnstable Slope Requirements \nGreenfield Standard for Drainage for Redevelopment Projects\n\n\n\n\n\nROUND TABLES \n\n04/27 – Water RT #1\n\n(working title) Water Resilience: Models and Lessons – UT Water Hub & Austin programs\nSpeakers: Jim Walker\, Daryl Slusher\, Sharlene Leurig\n\n\n\nCROSS-ADVOCACY COLLABORATION \n\n\n\nHousing\n\nPromote ACU to integrate small scale distributed retail/commercial \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Ten-minute Walkability”\n\n\n\n\nGreen Social Housing resolution being considered (CM Siegel)\n\n\nMobility\n\nBarton Springs Rd. Bridge resolution \nStreet shade (trees)at  I-35 cap and stitch and corridors\n\n\n\nONGOING \n\nIdentify Water Forward / One Water items to support\n\nWater Forward cycle begins end of 2027\, aligns with state water plan cycle\nDual plumbing\, purple pipe\nIncentivize GSI: swales and berms for infiltration\nPropose funding mechanisms for affordable projects\nModel on passive house affordable incentive program in 2025\nSan Marcos best practices: low cost natural infrastructure\, solidified into procurement policy\n\n\nMini conference: Water + AEC \n\nPush needle on issue education\, prioritization\, and action\nHow to use the allocated AIA budget – bring in speakers etc.\nTarget: Fall/Winter\nTask group: Caroline\, Lauren\, others \n\n\nTracking items:\n\nGreen Infrastructure in ROW – draft support letter (Lauren)\nResilience stations / programming \n\nOutreach to projects with resilience program element\n\nFoundation Communities\, maybe others\n\n\nLook for opportunities to collaborate on resilience station points\n\nARN partnership and collab (Natalie Lyell)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload the agenda here \nThe Resiliency & Climate Response committee helps mitigate\, adapt\, and prepare for the ongoing and future impacts of climate change. We strive to identify practical solutions\, build awareness\, educate\, and advocate for urgency in climate resilience activities. \nWe typically meet the third Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. Join our email list to hear about upcoming events.
URL:https://calendar.aiaaustin.org/event/resiliency-climate-response-meeting-5/
LOCATION:AIA Austin\, 801 W 12th St\, Austin\, TX\, 78701
CATEGORIES:Advocacy Committee
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SUMMARY:Advocacy Roundtable: Re-Source // Strategies for Scaled Water Use and Re-use
DESCRIPTION:Resilient Water Conversations #1: Re-Source\nLessons & Strategies for Scaled Water Use and Re-use\n\n\n\nJoin us for the first in a series of 2026 Roundtables hosted by the Committee on Resilience focused on Water. \nWith growing populations and challenging climate realities\, it’s time to get more knowledgeable and more serious about implementing techniques to allow projects to source some of their water needs from auxiliary and on-site sources. Sharlene Leurig\, Texas Regional Director at WestWater Research\, and Jim Walker\, Director of Sustainability at University of Texas at Austin\, and Daryl Slusher\, former Austin City Council member and Assistant Director at Austin Water\, will share from their depth of expertise and experience. \nLearning Objectives \n\nDescribe the different buckets\, or types\, of water – from stormwater to blackwater – that constitute the interrelated parts of the overall water picture.\nIdentify water system strategies and advantages offered at the district scale that serve as important test cases for other project types and scales.\nLearn about and explain the regulatory requirements in the Austin Water service area\, as well as financial incentives and operational imperatives.\nRecognize the role architects can take in presenting opportunities and raising awareness of water use and re-use for clients and projects of all types.\n\nThis promises to be a very informative and horizon-expanding session for the AEC community! \n1.5 LU/HSW (pending)\n$5 members / $20 non-members\nRegister Here \n\nEach month\, the AIA Austin Advocacy Roundtable brings together professionals to discuss strategies individual professionals\, practices\, and AIA Austin can take to proactively advocate for issues important to our members and the larger community.
URL:https://calendar.aiaaustin.org/event/advocacy-roundtable-2-4/
LOCATION:AIA Austin\, 801 W 12th St\, Austin\, TX\, 78701
CATEGORIES:Advocacy Committee
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