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Council wants to move forward with Grove PUD
Mayor Steve Adler hopes to start the process of approving the Grove at Shoal Creek, a controversial planned unit development in Central Austin, at City Council’s next meeting on Thursday. At a Council work session on Tuesday, Adler explained to…
Development • By Jack Craver • Oct 19, 2016
Poll shows Zimmerman, Gallo vulnerable
Poll numbers for City Council Member Don Zimmerman and challenger Jimmy Flannigan show the two neck and neck in a race to represent District 6, according to two surveys conducted in September and October for the Austin Monitor by Public…
Elections • By Jo Clifton • Oct 19, 2016
County criminal courts ask for more judges
The Travis County Criminal Courts system is in need of expanding, according to top officials. Presiding Judge Brenda Kennedy and several of her colleagues officially made the request before County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and the Commissioners Court on Tuesday. All…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 19, 2016
Pilot Knob ruling seems to have little effect on city development deal
In a late Friday ruling, a district judge sided with a local activist against the city of Austin, voiding a December vote taken by City Council members on the housing development Pilot Knob. Called Easton Park, the development plans to…
Development • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Oct 19, 2016
CAMPO kills Lone Star Rail, commits to finding alternative
The kill-shot came abruptly and mercifully for the Lone Star Rail District (also known as LSTAR) on Monday night. After months of procedural dickering, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Policy Board spent less than 10 minutes discussing the…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 18, 2016
Grove developers threaten to kill project
ARG Bull Creek Ltd. is ratcheting up pressure on City Council members to approve the Grove at Shoal Creek, a massive planned unit development it hopes to build on a 75-acre lot at the corner of Bull Creek Road and…
Development • By Jack Craver • Oct 18, 2016
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Planning Commission debates connectivity over rezoning application
Following a CodeNEXT presentation advocating for greater connectivity in Austin, the Planning Commission had an opportunity to emulate that theme in considering a rezoning application at its Oct. 11 meeting. Applicant Brown & Gay Engineering, represented at the meeting by…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Oct 18, 2016
BoA shoots down East Austin variance cluster
At the Board of Adjustment’s most recent meeting, the specters of short-term rentals and the Jumpolin piñata store did no favors for a group seeking variances in East Austin. Chris French, who identified himself as the homeowner’s brother, explained that…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 18, 2016
CAMPO meeting spells terminal trouble ahead for Lone Star Rail
The long-suffering effort to install passenger rail service between Austin and San Antonio could effectively be put to rest on Monday evening. The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization board of directors will likely vote to remove the Lone Star Rail…
Transit • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 17, 2016
Creative summit spurs talk of arts bond
With growth and development touching every corner of Austin, and rents and property values increasing as a result, boosters in the local arts community want business and political leaders to think big about how to preserve creative spaces for years…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 17, 2016
Zimmerman campaign mailer provokes ethics complaint
City Council Member Don Zimmerman may once again face the wrath of the Ethics Review Commission for violating a campaign finance ordinance that he believes is not legal. The outspoken conservative possibly broke city campaign rules, the commission decided Wednesday,…
Elections • By Jack Craver • Oct 17, 2016
Jenny Lind Porter home to be demolished
It took several months of deliberation, but in the end members of the Historic Landmark Commission voted unanimously to allow the demolition of Texas poet laureate Jenny Lind Porter’s home. The 1928 home at 1715 Summit View Place is a…
