Please email the city council and ask them to postpone the short term rental discussion that's scheduled to be voted on tomorrow. A postponement will allow more time for discussion and for them to know more about what exactly is being voted on and how these new regulations will impact good STRs. Feel free to write your own email, make changes to this one, or just simply send the one below. Personal stories are already great to include. Whatever is easiest for you! We just need emails sent! There are two email versions below. One for STR owners and one for STR supporters. ========== To: (emails are exactly as shown below) ========== steve.adler@austintexas.gov ora.houston@austintexas.gov delia.garza@austintexas.gov sabino.renteria@austintexas.gov gregorio.casar@austintexas.gov ann.kitchen@austintexas.gov don.zimmerman@austintexas.gov leslie.pool@austintexas.gov ellen.troxclair@austintexas.gov kathie.tovo@austintexas.gov sheri.gallo@austintexas.gov austinitesforshorttermrentals@gmail.com ========== Subject: Please Postpone STR Item At City Council Dec 10th ========== ========== STR Owner ========== Dear Council Member, I am a responsible STR owner and I am writing in regards to the Short Term Rental proposal that is under consideration by the City Council. As a voting citizen of Austin, I want to see the City Council postpone this item to allow for more thoughtful deliberation on the proposed code changes. As an STR owner, I have been very disappointed in the ongoing lack of enforcement of code and license violations since the current STR ordinance was enacted. The entire process of creating new STR regulations started because of the need to limit "party houses," which it turned out are only a few properties and not representative of nearly all STRs in Austin. Unfortunately, some of the new regulations being discussed will harm good STR owners, their families, and all Austinites that use STRs as their temporary homes during remodels and emergencies. Now that the city has put a temporary moratorium on issuing new Type 2 STR licenses, I can't see any reason why we shouldn't give code enforcement time to show that enforcement is working to prevent the few problem properties without adding onerous rules that harm good owners. Please delay these rule changes to allow more responsible hosts and Austinites supportive of STRs to have a say in the process, and please say YES to better enforcement and say NO to more unenforceable rules! Thank you for your consideration and thank you for listening. ========== STR Supporter ========== Dear Council Member, I am writing in regards to the Short Term Rental proposal that is under consideration by the City Council. I want to see the City Council postpone this item to allow for more thoughtful deliberation on the proposed code changes. I have been very disappointed in the ongoing lack of enforcement of code and license violations since the current STR ordinance was enacted. The entire process of creating new STR regulations started because of the need to limit "party houses," which it turned out are only a few properties and not representative of nearly all STRs in Austin. Unfortunately, some of the new regulations being discussed will harm good STR owners, their families, and all Austinites that use STRs as their temporary homes during remodels and emergencies. Now that the city has put a temporary moratorium on issuing new Type 2 STR licenses, I can't see any reason why we shouldn't give code enforcement time to show that enforcement is working to prevent the few problem properties without adding onerous rules that harm good owners. Please delay these rule changes to allow more responsible hosts and Austinites supportive of STRs to have a say in the process, and please say YES to better enforcement and say NO to more unenforceable rules! Thank you for your consideration and thank you for listening.