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LISTEN: What Do Austinites Want to See From the New City Council?

KUT 90.5 | By Joy Diaz

Published January 6, 2015 at 9:35 AM CST

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New council, new dais: the Austin City Council dais was revamped to accommodate the new 10-member council. But what do Austinites want to see from the 10-1 council?

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Katie Murphy at home. She is the mother of a 3 year-old so her commute involves dropping off at day-care, work and after school activities. There is a lot of driving involved.

Filipa Rodrigues for KUT

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Allen Cheshire is a high school teacher and coach. One thing that bothers him is how little available parking there is Downtown.

Joy Diaz, KUT News

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The band "Noo Moon" has been in Austin since late 2014. One thing they'd like to see is a cleaner Austin, specially when it comes to the city's creeks.

Joy Diaz, KUT News

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Danielle Wilson is worried about gentrification and the pricing out of people who have lived in some of Austin's oldest neighborhoods. Her main concern is the east side.

Joy Diaz, KUT News.

Tonight, the new Austin City Council gets sworn in a ceremony at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

Each of the ten council members will be representing one of the city's 10 geographic districts at the dais, with the mayor representing the city as a whole.

With the new council heading in, we wanted to know what Austinites would like to see from their new representatives at City Hall. So, we went knocking on doors and asking pedestrians. Below, you can listen to some of their responses.