Council shortens paid parking hours but leaves northern boundary

City Council voted Thursday to amend a controversial extension of paid parking hours downtown. The new guidelines, which are slated to go into effect Sept. 6, will limit the number of hours paid parking will be in effect on certain…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 19, 2011

Unanimous Council approves new regulations for payday lenders

City Council, backed by Austin’s faith community, passed both business regulations and initiated land use code amendments for payday lenders Thursday night.   Lobbyists for the payday lending industry pushed hard against the regulations in the days leading up to…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 19, 2011

Aquifer district officials laud compliance with water use restrictions

While it may be hard to find an upside to our recent weather, officials at the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District say they are pleasantly surprised to see how seriously people are taking this drought.   July was the…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 18, 2011

New Travis courthouse could be part of massive development

The firm behind the master plan for Travis County’s central campus project presented the Commissioners’ Court Tuesday with a set of potential concepts for its new Civil and Family Courthouse building. The grandest of these schemes imagines a complex punctuated…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 18, 2011

Battle continues over redistricting for Travis County Commissioners

With the clock ticking toward a target decision date of Aug. 23, the Travis County Commissioners’ Court yesterday continued to delay official action on the details of its redistricting plan. However, two votes, each decided by a 3-2 margin, over…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 17, 2011

Council to consider fewer paid parking hours for downtown

It looks like Council members may have found a way out of their stalemate over the extension of paid parking hours downtown. A proposal put forward by Council Member Mike Martinez and co-sponsor Mayor Lee Leffingwell responds to the concerns…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 17, 2011

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Commission warns city on Austin Energy non-utility expenditures

Is the City of Austin using Austin Energy as its own version of an ATM?   This week the advisory Electric Utility Commission (EUC) once again came out strongly against the City Council’s use of millions of dollars of Austin…

Uncategorized • By Bill McCann • Aug 17, 2011

Council members balk at proposal to close two recreation centers

A proposal by the City of Austin‘s Parks and Recreation Department to cut the funding for the Austin Recreation Center at 12th and Lamar and the Dottie Jordan Recreation Center on Loyola Lane in Northeast Austin will run into questions…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 16, 2011

City Auditor examines WTP4 construction manager's history

The City of Austin‘s City Auditor’s office is taking a look at the firm in charge of Austin‘s Water Treatment Plant 4 (WTP4) project.   At the request of Council Member Bill Spelman, audit staff examined an audit performed by…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 16, 2011

Travis Commissioners consider septic variance for Barr Mansion

A request from the owners of the historic Barr Mansion for a variance on their septic permit is giving some members of the Travis County Commissioners Court a bit of heartburn. Though there is sentiment on the dais that the…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 15, 2011

Stylist, neighborhood battle over upzoning home for business

The Planning Commission postponed a vote to rezone a property in the Dawson neighborhood last week, something of a victory for a hair stylist looking to upzone and expand her business after a long struggle to pay her mortgage.   Dawson,…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 15, 2011

Board of Adjustment postpones tricky North University variance case

It’s back to the drawing board for owners of a North University property seeking a solution to a tricky situation.   Applicants for the property, located at 201 East 34th Street & 3307 Helms Street, last week sought eight separate…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 15, 2011

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