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Council to see start of contracts for nearly $2.5B to fund airport expansion

City Council will consider a handful of funding items today that collectively would approve almost a half-billion dollars in contracts for the expansion of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The five requests total $497.8 million and represent the next major decisions in…

Transportation • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 29, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 8.29.24

Today, City Council will convene to hold its regular Thursday meeting and, to celebrate the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of things that caught our eye while reading through the agenda. Behold! In February, Council approved a new density…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 29, 2024

Class action lawsuit targets Austin taxes over Project Connect

A new class-action lawsuit is seeking to block the city from collecting any property taxes, potentially starving Austin’s municipal government of almost all revenue, until it kills a tax approved by voters in 2020 to fund the largest public transit expansion…

Courts • By Nathan Bernier, KUT • Aug 28, 2024

Texas Gas Service rate hearing at Council this Thursday

City Council will host a hearing on Thursday to allow members of the public, particularly customers of Texas Gas Service, to voice their opinions about a large rate increase the utility is proposing. The city has also joined a coalition…

Resources • By Jo Clifton • Aug 28, 2024

Noisy neighbors: Council to consider changes in decibel limits for some new construction

At Thursday’s meeting, City Council will consider adjustments to the recent DB90 zoning classification that could result in a significant reduction in the noise levels allowed in residential areas. A scheduled public hearing on the possible ordinance change could also…

Land Development Code • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 28, 2024

Camp Mabry as a park? Author Lawrence Wright proposes new use for military base

Renowned author and journalist Lawrence Wright has unveiled a vision to turn the Camp Mabry military base in Austin into an urban state park with natural attractions and some development to complement the city’s other major parks spaces. Wright, an…

Parks • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 28, 2024

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Texas Supreme Court to decide whether Austin has a charter election this year

The Supreme Court of Texas has accepted a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Save Our Springs Alliance lawsuit against the city of Austin regarding alleged violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act. If the court agrees with…

Austin • By Jo Clifton • Aug 27, 2024

Will free tuition help more students pursue higher ed? Austin Community College hopes so.

The summer before Xavier Daniels’ senior year was all about having fun. He traveled to Japan and New York and visited family in Massachusetts. But this summer was different. The 18-year-old said when he graduated from Leander High School, it…

Education • By Becky Fogel, KUT • Aug 27, 2024

Left waiting: Rally Austin pushes for city action on four sites ID'd for redevelopment

Representatives of the economic entity created by City Council to speed up development of city real estate assets in support of affordable housing said they’re being stymied by inaction that’s holding back work on at least four high-profile sites. In…

Housing • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 26, 2024

Austin and Travis County's first Food Plan nears its finish line

Texas has the second-highest rate of food insecurity in the country, and Austin’s numbers aren’t much better: 158,270 Travis County residents, or 16 percent, are food insecure. Not being able to pay for food is a symptom of larger failures…

Public Health • By Lina Fisher • Aug 26, 2024

Central Health sends 2025 fiscal year budget to Travis County for final approval

Central Health leadership gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a $884 million budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year. The budget will go before Travis County commissioners for a final vote in September. As Travis County’s public hospital district, Central Health is…

Budget • By Olivia Aldridge, KUT • Aug 26, 2024

Downtown Commission gets preview of next chapter for John Henry Faulk Building and Austin History Center

With the Austin History Center “busting at the seams” with, well, history, city library officials have been preparing the John Henry Faulk Building next door to house the History Center’s vast collection of archives. Both the History Center and the…

Planning • By Amy Smith • Aug 23, 2024

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