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- Despite safety concerns, Council OKs new buildings above Shoal Creek
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Harassment policy heads to Council without a commission willing to hear cases
After the Ethics Review Commission declined to weigh in on the city’s newly proposed anti-discrimination and harassment policy, it volleyed the task to the Human Rights Commission, which similarly declined to take on the job. This hot potato of an…
City Hall • By Jessi Devenyns • Nov 28, 2018
County finalizes Indigent Legal Services work group
On Oct. 16, the Texas Indigent Defense Commission presented a report to the Commissioners Court in which it recommended the creation of a public defender office in Travis County along with numerous specific suggestions concerning the ideal composition of the…
Travis County • By Ryan Thornton • Nov 28, 2018
Cronk announces finalists for two ACM posts
On Monday, City Manager Spencer Cronk announced the names of 10 finalists who will be interviewed in the coming weeks for two assistant city manager positions. The interim assistant city managers in those two positions, Joe Pantalion and Sara Hensley,…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Nov 27, 2018
People living on the streets can now clean up Austin's parks for an hourly wage
People experiencing homelessness can now work for the city of Austin. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department, along with Austin Public Health, The Other Ones Foundation and City Council Member Ellen Troxclair, highlighted the pilot program Monday in South Austin.…
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Nov 27, 2018
Austin, TravCo leaders brace for state laws targeting revenue, local control
Austin leaders have started gaming out the budget cuts and possible staffing and service reductions that would come from possible state caps on property tax increases. At last week’s meeting of the Austin Regional Affordability Committee, city staff briefed a…
Texas State Legislature • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 27, 2018
Austin’s Strategic Mobility Plan supports Cap Metro’s Project Connect
Austin’s Capital Metro recently released its revamped Project Connect plan, which it hopes to put before voters in 2020, and this time it has integrated its plans with the city’s overall strategy. The last time Austin laid out a transportation plan…
Transportation • By Jessi Devenyns • Nov 27, 2018
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Historic Landmark Commission postpones case for not following the process
For over a year, the Historic Landmark Commission has been going back and forth over the plans for the back lot of the Stanley Homestead at 1809 Newton St. “What we’re seeking is the Certificate of Appropriateness for the new…
Preservation • By Jessi Devenyns • Nov 26, 2018
Solving regional affordability problems will require addressing transportation costs
Decreasing affordability in Austin and the surrounding area is primarily tied to a shortage of housing options coupled with rising property taxes. But the region’s lack of transportation options is the source of another significant, though less recognized, financial burden…
Transportation • By Ryan Thornton • Nov 26, 2018
HAAM eyes new partnerships, funding for long-term stability
The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is making a year-end push to raise the final $200,000 of its current operating budget, while at the same time fending off concerns from musicians about reduced financial assistance for health insurance plans in…
Public Health • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 26, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: AISD elections with Austin Sanders
This week, Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard sits down with The Austin Chronicle‘s Austin Sanders to talk AISD. Listen in below to catch up on the results of the recent election along with everything facing the Austin Independent School District…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Nov 26, 2018
Dissatisfied with lack of compromise, Historic Landmark Commission stalls
After its fourth public hearing, the Clarksville storybook house remains a point of contention between owner, commission and the Clarksville Community Development Corporation. Priscilla Glover, the owner of 1002 Charlotte St., told the commissioners at their Nov. 19 meeting, “I…
Preservation • By Jessi Devenyns • Nov 21, 2018
Waterfront board waits for progress on city's development corporation
City staff has been slowed in their work to research and make recommendations on how City Council could move forward with creating an economic development corporation (EDC) that could help facilitate public/private investment deals. The demands of dealing with the…
