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Council to address water utility debt

Issuing and selling bonds, paying off debt and applying for state loans for the Austin Water utility will be up for discussion at City Council’s meeting Thursday. At their work session on Tuesday, Council members seemed generally supportive of the…

Water • By Eva Ruth Moravec • Apr 20, 2016

PID problems aired at Commissioners Court

Two Travis County commissioners are each keeping a wary eye on the slow creation of the county’s first-ever public improvement district, or PID. Commissioners Brigid Shea and Gerald Daugherty took time during the Commissioners Court’s weekly voting session on Tuesday…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Apr 20, 2016

Controversial pilot energy programs don't make it far

Austin Energy planned to run three pilot programs this year aimed at finding new ways for the city’s ratepayers to pay for electricity, but so far those programs haven’t gained much traction. One of the programs was designed to test…

Energy • By Jack Craver • Apr 20, 2016

Transportation Department rolls with punches at polka-dotted intersection

A small Austin Transportation Department project that attracted worldwide headlines earlier this year has had a bumpier road than originally anticipated. The polka-dotted intersection at East Sixth and Waller streets in East Austin became a minor sensation when crews first…

Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Apr 19, 2016

Planning Commission launches measured approach to CodeNEXT study

At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission worked to establish how it would stay up to date on what’s going on with CodeNEXT, the ongoing effort to rewrite the city’s Land Development Code. “There’s a certain amount of effort…

Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 19, 2016

ZAP calls for CodeNEXT process change

With a Land Development Code rewrite well underway and a draft version expected early next year, the city’s land-use commissions are weighing in on how they would like more input. If the Zoning and Platting Commission has its way, there…

Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 19, 2016

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Austin Energy has wire problems

Austin Energy’s poles are overcrowding. Providers of telephone, cable and internet services have a right under state law to attach their wires to city-owned utility poles (at a nominal $10 fee), but a dramatic increase in the number of attachments…

Energy • By Jack Craver • Apr 19, 2016

Committee considers expanding proposed tenant relocation policy

Though the city of Austin currently has no formal policy for helping displaced tenants, change is on the way. And, after a meeting of the Housing and Community Development Committee, it looks like that policy could be expanded to offer…

Housing • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 18, 2016

AISD hears results of Imagine NE Austin proposal

At Monday’s workshop meeting of the Austin Independent School District board of trustees, members heard the results of AISD staff’s community engagement effort known as Imagine Northeast Austin. The project, which posed questions to residents regarding future facilities and academic…

AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Apr 18, 2016

BoA awaits better hardship for east side development

A project that could bring three-story homes to the east side may be on track for getting some of the variances it needs – but developers are going to have to strengthen their hardship claim first. At their most recent…

Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 18, 2016

Reporter's Notebook: Could it be ... Satan?

The devil is in the details… It may be a while before City Council members are willing to accept amendments offered to their resolutions by Council Member Don Zimmerman, no matter how inoffensive they appear at first glance. On Thursday,…

Reporters' Notebook • By Jack Craver • Apr 18, 2016

Austin Monitor Radio: Lone Star Rail

Lone Star Rail district director Joe Black joins Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about the future of the Lone Star Rail district and about whether, in fact, there is one. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below.

Radio • By Elizabeth Pagano • Apr 18, 2016

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