Charter school agreement held up by environmental dispute

A debate over development standards for charter schools is close to being resolved, but reaching a final agreement hinges on finding a solution to a dispute over environmental regulations. The city has been working to close a loophole that effectively…

Land Development Code • By Cate Malek • Jun 20, 2016

Reporter's Notebook: It's about mobility, apparently

Pods, people… City Council’s ongoing discussion about potentially visiting upon voters this November a massive mobility bond has drawn from the woodwork advocates of just about every different mode of transportation. A public hearing during last Tuesday’s Mobility Committee meeting…

Reporters' Notebook • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 20, 2016

Austin Monitor Radio: Jim Duncan on CodeNEXT

CodeNEXT Advisory Group co-chair Jim Duncan joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin and editor Liz Pagano to talk about the status of the city’s land development code rewrite. Sponsored by Austin Water. Program is embedded below:

Land Development Code • By Michael Kanin • Jun 19, 2016

Big doubts loom over Adler's big bond

With just one more regular meeting before its July break, City Council appears far from reaching any clear consensus on dueling mobility bond proposals. “Essentially, what we’re all struggling with is a balance,” Council Member Ann Kitchen told her colleagues…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 17, 2016

Facing termination, CodeNEXT leader quits

The top executive presiding over the city’s rewrite of its land use regulations, Matt Lewis, submitted his resignation on Thursday after an investigation by the Human Resources Department concluded that Lewis had violated city policies regarding harassment of and retaliation…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Jun 17, 2016

County waits on long-term solutions to local flooding

April Marshall stood among the remains of her mother’s home last month in southeast Travis County, pointing out the new donated couch still wrapped in plastic. The family was still in the process of furnishing their home after it had…

Environment • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 17, 2016

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Council approves law barring many former offenders from driving for taxi companies, TNCs

City Council approved an ordinance that will bar many convicted of low-level criminal offenses from operating a taxi or driving for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft for many years after their offense. Those convicted of certain felony…

Transportation • By Jack Craver • Jun 17, 2016

CTRMA goes shopping for partner to build SH 45 SW

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority on Tuesday took another major step toward the construction of a highly controversial road project in southwestern Travis County. With a vote of 6-0, its board of directors directed CTRMA staff to start shopping…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 16, 2016

Coalition asks to keep CodeNEXT on track

A coalition of eight Austin organizations got together to ask the city to honor a January 2017 deadline for the new land development code draft on Wednesday. Pointing out that four years have passed since the rewrite was laid out in…

Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 16, 2016

CM Garza has second thoughts about Sun Chase PUD

After voting to support it just a month ago, City Council Member Delia Garza said on Wednesday that she’s not sure she can continue to back a massive Planned Unit Development east of Austin in Del Valle. The Sun Chase…

Development • By Jack Craver • Jun 16, 2016

Bastrop city manager resigns

Bastrop City Manager Mike Talbot submitted his resignation on Wednesday, citing what he called “ongoing Council activities, decisions and directives over the past nine or 10 months, which have intensified greatly in the last several weeks,” demonstrating that the current…

Local Government • By Jo Clifton • Jun 16, 2016

Mobility Committee balks at Adler's bond recommendation

In the race among the growing list of proposals for a November bond referendum, City Council’s Mobility Committee jockeyed into the lead on Tuesday evening a dark-horse recommendation. With a vote of 4-0, the committee endorsed Council Member Ann Kitchen’s…

Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 15, 2016

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