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Special event parking near Zilker might not be that bad
City officials involved in crafting a new special event parking permit program are urging people to relax. A proposal to limit parking in neighborhoods near Zilker Park during major events, notably Austin City Limits Festival, ABC Kite Festival and the…
Music & Entertainment • By Jack Craver • Jun 13, 2017
Introducing CodeNEXT HUB
For years, we’ve done our best to make CodeNEXT easier for Austinites to understand. And now we have a lot of help. Keeping track of what’s going on with the city’s Land Development Code rewrite is a daunting task, to…
Monitor News & Media • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 13, 2017
Rundberg residents search for resources to continue restoration
Residents of Rundberg Lane in North Austin saw many benefits during the three years the area received a stepped up police presence thanks to a $1 million federal grant that concluded last year. Crime, especially in a handful of “hotspots,”…
Public Safety • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 12, 2017
Consultants dodge questions on ideology behind CodeNEXT
Making a rare appearance, an elephant was spotted waltzing through the Boards and Commissions Room at City Hall during the May 30 land use joint commission meeting. Supposedly, the large creature has always been in the room during CodeNEXT work…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Jun 12, 2017
Council hears all about plumbing rules
City Council heard arguments Thursday from supporters of the Uniform Plumbing Code, which included members of the city’s commission on plumbing matters, and supporters of the International Residential (plumbing) Code, which included other plumbers, representatives of the home builders association…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Jun 12, 2017
Reporter's Notebook: This week in conflict management
Fighting for privacy in the nude… During a special City Council meeting Wednesday, John Miki, one of the consultants leading the proposed overhaul of the city’s Land Development Code, described some of the community divisions over development that he encountered…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jun 12, 2017
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Austin Monitor Radio: Let's talk about bikes
Bike Austin board president Hill Abell joins Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano and Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about bikes. Tune in to hear the latest on mobility bond bike projects, bicycling challenges in Austin and to check in…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Jun 12, 2017
Council rejects gun rights advocate for commission
City Council took the rare move Thursday of rejecting a nomination to a citizen commission over the nominee’s controversial statements. Only two of the nine members of Council present voted to support appointing Michael Cargill, the founder of Central Texas…
City Council • By Jack Craver • Jun 9, 2017
Leander ISD continues uphill battle for controversial road project
The Leander Independent School District has taken its quest to build a road across environmentally protected land all the way to the feds. It’s the latest development in the district’s long-running effort to build a second roadway connecting RM 2222…
Environment • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 9, 2017
Hotels to join music venues, residents in revamping 'agent of change' proposal
Representatives from Austin’s music venues, neighborhood groups and hotel industry are expected to begin meeting next week to rework the city’s long-gestating “agent of change” policy intended to reduce friction between those three interest groups. That charge was the result…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 9, 2017
Plan ranks pools to pinpoint where city needs to dive in with repairs
The city of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department will present the latest version of its Aquatics Master Plan to the public in two meetings this week. The city boasts 51 public pool facilities, including everything from splash pads to Barton…
Parks • By Kate Groetzinger • Jun 9, 2017
Public Safety Commission has a HOT debate
As the city of Austin scrounges for money to hire more police officers, firefighters and paramedics, it shouldn’t look to the tourism industry for help. That was the message delivered to the Public Safety Commission Monday by Bill Worsham, a…
