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County to acquaint itself with puzzling Pretrial Services

Despite its ongoing effort to keep Travis County defendants connected to their communities and out of jail whenever possible, the county Pretrial Services Department has not always been included in the county’s many recent discussions about reducing jail population and…

Travis County • By Ryan Thornton • Apr 4, 2019

Dougherty redevelopment plans to go before Council in May with parks board approval

After voters decided last November to approve $25 million in bond funding to replace the Dougherty Arts Center, the Parks and Recreation Department immediately got to work designing a new facility specifically intended to accommodate the arts. With hundreds of voices…

Uncategorized • By Jessi Devenyns • Apr 4, 2019

Flats on Shady Lane gets final approval

Council Member Jimmy Flannigan has a message for Austinites who think that their neighborhoods are getting more than their share of rental housing: You’re not alone. Last Thursday, as he made the motion to approve zoning that will allow developers…

Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Apr 4, 2019

The idea to bury I-35 has risen from the dead

“Cut and cap” – the idea for burying Interstate 35 in the downtown corridor and paving over that chasm to create green spaces or mixed-use development – is no longer in the rearview mirror. Congress for the New Urbanism, a…

Roads • By Andrew Weber, KUT • Apr 3, 2019

Council hears convention center options, with work sessions on deck

City Council members heard many of the gritty details Tuesday on the question of whether or not to expand the Austin Convention Center. The special meeting came after last week’s arrival of a long-awaited study from the University of Texas…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 3, 2019

Public safety departments cite $3.5M in unmet needs

At Monday’s Public Safety Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously voted to send a memo to City Council recommending an additional $3.5 million in funding for the 2020 fiscal year. The money would fund initiatives including a $10,000 raise for future police…

Budget • By Jessi Devenyns • Apr 3, 2019

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Waterfront board calls out Council, staff for 'stalled' status on development plans

The body charged with overseeing the development of the south end of the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge has called out city staff and City Council for not moving forward with recommendations it claims are needed to properly manage…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 3, 2019

AECOM wins Orange Line preliminary engineering contract

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority began advertising a contract for preliminary engineering design services and mode recommendations for the Project Connect 21-mile high-capacity Orange Line on Dec. 18, the day after the agency’s board of directors approved Project Connect‘s long-term vision plan.…

Transit • By Ryan Thornton • Apr 2, 2019

Effort to historically zone Texas Supreme Court justice's house narrowly fails at HLC

A debate over the definition of the word “significant” was the topic du jour at the March 25 meeting of the Historic Landmark Commission. The word’s interpretation came into question because, when it comes to determining whether a home is…

Preservation • By Jessi Devenyns • Apr 2, 2019

Hyde Park flood plain variance finally OK'd

Even though Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza did not really approve of granting flood plain variances to allow construction of a home at 4515 Avenue D, she changed her vote last week so that the property owner would not have…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Apr 2, 2019

Under House school finance bill, Austin would get to keep $194 million more in taxes in 2020

Austin Independent School District would pay $194 million less in recapture in 2020 if House Bill 3, the chamber’s $9 billion school finance plan, is passed. Recapture is the law that requires “property-rich” school districts, like Austin ISD and most…

Texas State Legislature • By Claire McInerny, KUT • Apr 2, 2019

Report offers options but no recommendations for convention center

The University of Texas analysis of the city’s options for expanding the Austin Convention Center – including the costs and effects of taking no action – paint the facility as the likely hub in a variety of development plans going…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 1, 2019

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