New section of Guadalupe named activity corridor, despite neighborhood concerns

City Council designated a new section of Guadalupe Street as an activity corridor despite some neighborhood concerns, making its higher concentration of businesses, people and services official. The change came as part of a package of amendments to the Imagine…

Planning • By Cate Malek • Oct 10, 2016

Reporter's Notebook: Campaigns, opinions, etc.

Locals vs. State Legislators… In case you missed it, The Texas Tribune has posted audio from most of its 2016 Texas Tribune Festival panels. Mayor Steve Adler managed to score a seat on one of the panels, “Rideshare’s Road Forward,” talking…

Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 10, 2016

Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Leslie Pool

Austin City Council Member Leslie Pool joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about her bid for reelection.

City Council • By Michael Kanin • Oct 10, 2016

Union talk makes arts funding approval rancorous

After more than two hours of often angry and conflicting testimony about the state of labor relations at the ZACH Theatre, City Council on Thursday approved the cultural arts services contract for the upcoming year with a number of controversial…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Oct 7, 2016

Curfew relief in sight for Red River music venues

A handful of music venues along Red River Street between Sixth and 10th streets could soon have a later sound curfew for outdoor music. On Monday, the Music Commission unanimously passed an item that venue owners and other music boosters…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 7, 2016

Travis County's courthouse plan B hinges on homeless support group's failure

A nonprofit that supports homeless residents in Austin could dash Travis County’s short-term plans to accommodate its bulging civil courts needs. Members of the citizens advisory committee that is guiding the search for new court capacity learned on Wednesday night…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 7, 2016

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City Council debates coyotes

City Council spent most of the morning Thursday discussing what to do about coyotes. Council was asked by city staff to approve an ordinance that would authorize the Animal Services Department to negotiate and execute a contract with Texas A&M…

City Council • By Jack Craver • Oct 7, 2016

Proposal to kick cars off downtown street yields a surprise

A proposal to move cars off of two downtown blocks would have a surprising benefit to late-night congestion, according to the Austin Transportation Department. Transportation Department staff told the City Council Mobility Committee on Wednesday that accommodating the Capital Metropolitan…

Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Oct 6, 2016

West Line historic zoning battle extended once again

In a somewhat surprising turn of events, a lack of consensus over a West Line home kicked off the historic zoning process at the Historic Landmark Commission’s most recent meeting. The owner of a 1915 bungalow at 812 Theresa Ave.…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 6, 2016

Planning Commissioners raise concerns about proposed bus routes

Members of the Planning Commission raised concerns at a meeting last week in response to a presentation on the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s planned overhaul of bus routes. The ambitious 10-year plan, Connections 2025, aims to create a bus system…

Planning • By Jack Craver • Oct 6, 2016

Homeowners sue over neighbors' rowdy parties

Tormented by loud, amplified music that lasted all night, drunken partygoers trespassing onto their property, cars blocking their driveway and “a parade of people coming to their door late at night ‘looking for the party,'” East Austin homeowners Christian Hartnett…

Courts • By Jo Clifton • Oct 6, 2016

Council discusses transportation concerns at the Grove

City Council has only just dipped its toe into the debate over the Grove at Shoal Creek, the controversial mixed-use planned unit development proposed for a 75-acre lot in Central Austin. After postponing further discussion of the case after a…

Zoning • By Jack Craver • Oct 5, 2016

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