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Opting for parity, Cap Metro kills premium fare

The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board of directors voted on Monday to eliminate the agency’s maligned premium fare tier. The vote was unanimous, at 7-0, with Board Member Juli Word absent. Starting in January, a single ride on MetroRapid buses…

Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 25, 2016

First-of-its-kind housing plan presented to Planning Commission

In a city where 200,000 additional housing units will be needed over the next 30 years to meet the growing number of newcomers, having a plan to keep those units affordable is prudent. Accordingly, Jonathan Tomko, a senior planner with…

Housing • By Joseph Caterine • Oct 25, 2016

Record turnout expected as early voting begins

The end is near. Early voting in Austin kicks off on Monday, heralding the imminent conclusion of 2016’s drawn-out election cycle, and Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir says her team is bracing for record turnout. Last Tuesday, DeBeauvoir told the…

Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 24, 2016

Seven residents vie for AISD seats

Today marks the first day of early voting, and the Austin Independent School District board of trustees has five seats up for grabs, with seven residents vying for spots. However, only two seats are being contested. Cindy Anderson and David…

Elections • By Courtney Griffin • Oct 24, 2016

BoA votes to protect 'compatibility to nothing'

A recent Board of Adjustment variance case proved that sometimes rules are rules, even absent the reasons they were put in place. William Faust, representing applicant Greg Smith before the board, explained that a small, vacant tract of residentially zoned…

Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 24, 2016

Reporter's Notebook: Devolution and exclusion

Mistakesman… As early voting starts on Monday morning, one candidate is facing an uphill battle reaching out to voters thanks to the Austin American-Statesman. David Holmes, the Democrat running for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3, says the Statesman cut…

Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 24, 2016

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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Sheri Gallo

Austin City Council Member Sheri Gallo joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about her reelection campaign. Post is embedded below.

City Council • By Michael Kanin • Oct 24, 2016

City Council approves Grove PUD 'placeholder'

City Council took an important procedural step Thursday toward approval of a major planned unit development that has fiercely divided several neighborhoods in West Austin. Council voted to approve the Grove at Shoal Creek PUD on first reading, the first…

Development • By Jack Craver • Oct 21, 2016

Council says no to public funding for Grove traffic mitigation

City Council on Thursday shot down a plan to explore using public money to mitigate any neighborhood traffic impacts from the Grove at Shoal Creek, a bitterly divisive planned unit development proposed for West 45th Street and Bull Creek Road.…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 21, 2016

Council OKs legislative teams, agenda for 2017

City Council on Thursday approved the city’s legislative agenda, along with the hiring of 10 consultants in Austin and two in Washington, D.C. The Austin consultants altogether will receive $708,000, and the two Congressional consultants will receive $174,000. The vote…

Texas State Legislature • By Jo Clifton • Oct 21, 2016

Hotel strives to preserve Austin’s heritage, but not all of its heritage trees

The developers of the Carpenter Hotel are trying to strike a delicate balance between protecting the environment, preserving Austin’s heritage and creating a viable business. That was the argument they made before the Environmental Commission on Oct. 19, when they…

Development • By Cate Malek • Oct 21, 2016

10-1: Commission representation by the numbers

Graphs and map by John Laycock. One of the arguments in favor of replacing Austin’s former at-large City Council with the new, district-based 10-1 system was that the former system didn’t adequately represent certain parts of the city. Nonetheless, although…

City Council • By Jack Craver • Oct 20, 2016

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