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More than 70 percent of Austin ISD employees are burdened by housing costs, survey finds

Lee esta historia en español More than 70 percent Austin Independent School District employees are burdened by the cost of housing in the city, according to an online survey the district conducted this year. Many of the respondents said the…

Housing • By Becky Fogel, KUT • Mar 13, 2023

Transit leaders preparing new Project Connect scenarios for March open house

With a budget that no longer meets the vision approved by voters in 2020 for an ambitious mass transit system, leaders with the agency charged with carrying out the Project Connect plan say that work continues to decide what the…

Transit • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 10, 2023

Council OKs creation of charter review commission

City Council on Thursday approved a resolution authorizing creation of a 2024 Charter Review Commission with an emphasis on studying whether the city should change the number of signatures required for submitting a proposed ordinance to voters for adoption. Council…

City Charter • By Jo Clifton • Mar 10, 2023

Environmental commissioners want to preserve Congress Avenue trees

At its regular meeting this month, members of the city’s Environmental Commission urged planners to prioritize saving as many trees as possible in the reimagining of Congress Avenue. The questions came after a staff briefing on the Congress Avenue Urban…

Environment • By Nina Hernandez • Mar 10, 2023

Google Fiber to expand presence in Travis County

Travis County is proceeding with an ongoing plan to use the public right of way to install Google Fiber in the western and southern portions of the county, as representatives from Google Fiber and county staff explained in updates Tuesday…

Travis County • By Seth Smalley • Mar 10, 2023

Salvation Army’s handling of downtown shelter closure draws Council criticism

The Salvation Army’s handling of the closure of its downtown shelter was the target of criticism at City Council’s Public Health Committee meeting on Wednesday. Critiques came from Mayor Kirk Watson, members of City Council, and clients of the shelter…

Housing • By Nina Hernandez • Mar 9, 2023

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Fire, EMS unions echo calls for city to review extreme weather policies

An ice storm last month prompted fears of a Winter Storm Uri redux, with widespread power outages, and concerns among city officials, including about the leadership of since-terminated City Manager Spencer Cronk. Now, fire and EMS union representatives have joined…

Public Safety • By Emma Freer • Mar 9, 2023

Music Commission to continue push to improve venue accessibility

The Music Commission plans to continue its work in making music venues of all sizes more accessible to the disabled, following the positive results from a task force on that issue convened last year by the Circuit of the Americas.…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 9, 2023

More housing coming to North Shoal Creek neighborhood, pending rezoning

The Planning Commission Feb. 28 recommended rezoning a 3-acre site along Shoal Creek Boulevard to allow a 330-unit multifamily housing project.  The request would change the zoning for properties at 8640 and 8700 Shoal Creek Blvd. from Limited Industrial (LI)…

Zoning • By Jonathan Lee • Mar 9, 2023

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.9.23

Today, Austin City Council will meet once again for a regular meeting. Tuesday’s work session was mostly dedicated to briefings on eTOD frameworks (which is up for a vote today) and the Climate Equity Plan (which is not). The full…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 9, 2023

Historic Landmark Commission votes to keep the party going at legacy venue the Broken Spoke

The Broken Spoke will keep its doors open to honky-tonk enthusiasts for the foreseeable future, after a move to grant the venue a historic zoning designation made its way through the Historic Landmark Commission last week. Now 59 years old,…

Preservation • By Kali Bramble • Mar 8, 2023

TxDOT to seize part of Waller Beach Park for I-35 construction

Interstate 35 in Central Austin is on the cusp of a once-in-a-generation change as the Texas Department of Transportation gears up for an almost $5 billion transformation of the highway that slices through the city’s core. Before the state’s contractors…

Roads • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Mar 8, 2023

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