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Travis County approves screening process for courthouse sites
Travis County planners are heading back to the laboratory to hash out the pros and cons of several select properties – including the one that voters rejected in November – that could be home to a new civil courthouse. On…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 22, 2016
Council OKs more affordable housing funds
During last week’s State of Our City address, Mayor Steve Adler said it is projected that City Council will put $68.2 million into the city’s Housing Trust Fund over the next decade, not including funds from Pilot Knob. So where,…
Housing • By Jo Clifton • Feb 22, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: STRs forever (and ever)
Airbnb talks SXSW… Once again, short-term rentals are coming back to City Council. With a phase-out of Type 2 short-term rentals still on the table, the industry’s biggest players are working to let Austinites know the value they bring to…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 22, 2016
Austin Monitor Radio: Mayor Steve Adler and Council Member Ellen Troxclair on TNCs
In a special one-hour version of the show, Mayor Steve Adler and Council Member Ellen Troxclair join Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to chat about Lyft, Uber, and the coming referendum on the rules that govern TNCs in Austin, Texas.…
Radio • By Michael Kanin • Feb 22, 2016
Austin4All turns in petition to recall Ann Kitchen
Long awaited light has finally beamed in on the operations of the political action committee known as Austin4All. The Austin Monitor swung by the Office of the City Clerk on Friday afternoon and found the PAC’s co-directors, Rachel Kania and…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 19, 2016
County moves to correct shortened voting hours
Officials from Travis County and the city of Austin became aware shortly after early voting started this week that a failure to communicate meant that some voters have not been able to vote early in the morning or after work,…
Elections • By Jo Clifton • Feb 19, 2016
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Parking meters? In Zilker Park?
Austinites who frequent Zilker Park are used to kites, lights and fences going up. But this week, a wholly unfamiliar sight within the park grounds caught some residents off guard. Last week, the Parks and Recreation Department sent out notice…
Parks • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 19, 2016
Troxclair wants to cut utility transfers
Wading into the affordability debate with a new tactic, City Council Member Ellen Troxclair is proposing to cut transfers from the Austin Water utility to the city’s General Fund. On Wednesday, members of Council’s Public Utilities Committee unanimously approved forwarding…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • Feb 19, 2016
Crowd turns out to decry One Two East project
Anyone who has spent time on the near east side of Austin in the past few months has probably seen the (literal) signs that neighbors have been gearing up for a fight over development plans for the CVS shopping center…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 19, 2016
Council sets ballot language for May 7 election
City Council on Wednesday voted 9-2 to set the language that will appear before voters in a May 7 election over regulations for transportation network companies. Council members Ellen Troxclair and Don Zimmerman voted against the ordinance to set the…
Elections • By Eva Ruth Moravec • Feb 18, 2016
HomeAway launches effort to keep short-term rentals "Neighborly"
Now that the ride-hailing debate is in the hands of voters, City Council is set to return to another favorite time consumer: short-term rentals. And, although it has kept a relatively low profile to date, HomeAway held a press conference…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 18, 2016
LCRA releases new plan to conserve water
Water is about to get more expensive for rice farmers in the Lower Colorado River Basin. That message appears to be the gist of the Lower Colorado River Authority’s new Drought Contingency Plan, which emphasizes conservation in response to the…
