Fire official's objection may scuttle zoning change

With the Austin Fire Department objecting to the zoning change, City Council decided to postpone a decision on downzoning a limited industrial property to allow vertical mixed-use retail and residences on an East Austin tract located next to a facility…

Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Dec 2, 2015

County applies for police body camera grant

The Travis County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to approve an application submitted by the Sheriff’s Office for a new statewide police body camera grant for a county body camera pilot program. The measure passed on a 4-0 vote, with Commissioner…

Public Safety • By Tyler Whitson • Dec 2, 2015

APD outlines body camera policy in forum

Amid calls for increased scrutiny of law enforcement across the nation, City Council has decided that the city should purchase body cameras for the Austin Police Department in the coming months. What that rollout and the policies that govern it…

Public Safety • By Tyler Whitson • Dec 1, 2015

Public Safety Committee opts to welcome refugees

In news that will surprise roughly no one, the City Council Public Safety Committee has dismissed a resolution to stand with Gov. Greg Abbott and rhetorically ban Syrian refugees from entering Austin. The committee voted against the resolution and in…

Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 1, 2015

West Austin variance case troubles some neighbors

This month, the Board of Adjustment will take another look at a West Austin case that has some (but not all) neighbors disturbed. Phil Moncada represented Lee Ann Concienne before the board. Concienne is seeking several variances for her home…

Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 1, 2015

Korean church rezoning moves at snail's pace

The struggle persists over the rezoning of the former site of the Korean United Presbyterian Church on Justin Lane. Neighbors who see the possibility of increased traffic and danger to pedestrians continue to clash with those who see the possibility…

Development • By Jo Clifton • Dec 1, 2015

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Where have all the children gone? Commission studies Austin's shrinking family share

Success has come at a cost for families with children in Austin. At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission took a look at how decreased affordability is impacting families in Austin and started a conversation about how it might address…

Austin • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 30, 2015

Police monitor talks body cameras on task force

As the Austin Police Department prepares to roll out a body camera pilot program in the coming months, city Police Monitor Margo Frasier and law enforcement experts from across the nation are tackling the ethical and legal questions that come…

Public Safety • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 30, 2015

Landmark Commission OKs Crestview demo

At its most recent meeting, the Historic Landmark Commission was asked to consider 14 demolitions, which is on the low end of normal this year. One of the few demolitions that didn’t pass on consent was the demolition of 1208…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 30, 2015

Reporter's Notebook: Concrete endures

Happy Birthday, Shudde!… There wasn’t much going on at the last meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission on Tuesday, Nov. 17. It took the panel only 15 minutes to approve the consent agenda, postpone a couple of items and…

City Hall • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 30, 2015

Austin Monitor Radio: The (early) impact of 10-1

Khotan Shabazi-Harmon of Leadership Austin’s 2015 Essential Class joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about her impressions of the City of Austin’s new 10-1 system and the Leadership Austin report on geographic representation. The program is embedded below.

Austin • By Michael Kanin • Nov 30, 2015

Cap Metro asks for more transit in spending plan

As City Council considers a plan to disperse the “quarter-cent fund” among transportation projects around the city, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority – the agency that initially contributed the funding to the city – is asking Council to prioritize more…

Transportation • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 25, 2015

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