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Water utility relaxes rules for granny flats
After hearing complaints about new requirements for waterlines, water meters and wastewater lines from contractors, architects and people hoping to build granny flats in their backyards, Austin Water utility Director Greg Meszaros has issued three memos that allow exceptions to…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Sep 24, 2015
Committee gets preview of lobby registration fight
Two things became clear Wednesday when the Audit and Finance Committee heard a brief presentation and two speakers on proposed revisions to the lobby registration ordinance: First, the proposed changes will be controversial. Second, City Council Members Ellen Troxclair and…
The Code • By Jo Clifton • Sep 24, 2015
Council pursues unusual process for STRs
The debate over short-term rentals isn’t over in Austin. Not even close. After approving a series of recommendations for future restrictions Tuesday, City Council delayed further action on its ongoing resolution until Oct. 8. While the goal of the resolution…
The Code • By Jack Craver • Sep 23, 2015
City looks to strengthen contact team rules
The way that the city’s neighborhood-plan contact teams do business may be changing. City Council Member Pio Renteria is pushing for code amendments that will create clearer guidelines and more city oversight for Austin’s contact teams. On Monday, his resolution…
The Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 23, 2015
Jail visitation dominates county budget hearing
Travis County Commissioners Court held its first of three public hearings on the proposed tax rate for the next fiscal year on Tuesday evening, but instead of anxious property owners venting about affordability concerns, a determined group of inmates’ rights…
Budget • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 23, 2015
Tax rate, transfers for parks, libraries, win approval
It was just a formality, but City Council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to adopt the Fiscal Year 2015-16 property tax rate of 45.89 cents per $100 of valuation, a 6.8 percent increase over last year. Council Members Ellen Troxclair and Don…
Budget • By Jo Clifton • Sep 23, 2015
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Austin to return Australian opal to its hometown
From our City Hall reporting partners at KUT, an update on the Australian opal story we covered in this week’s Reporter’s Notebook:
Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 22, 2015
Austin's most dangerous intersections to get fixes
There may not be a silver bullet that will fix Austin’s increasing traffic fatality problems, but the city is taking a leap forward by funding safety improvements to its five most dangerous intersections starting in October. With little fanfare, City…
Transportation • By Tyler Whitson • Sep 22, 2015
Radford formally launches campaign
Beneath the sweltering September sun outside of his East Austin campaign headquarters, Lakeway Police Chief Todd Radford officially launched his campaign for Travis County sheriff on Monday morning. “I want to be the next sheriff because I think that everyone…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Sep 22, 2015
HEB asks commission to help neighbors
One after another, the neighbors emphasized that they were not anti-HEB. But in the midst of a pronounced spike in traffic fatalities throughout the city, Park Ridge neighborhood residents came to voice their concerns at a Tuesday meeting of the…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Sep 22, 2015
Council puts off vote on parkland fees
Last week, City Council postponed action on a staff proposal that would significantly increase parkland dedication fees for developers of most new residential developments, with fees dependent on density. Staff brought forth the proposal after more than a year of…
Parks • By Jo Clifton • Sep 22, 2015
AISD District 7 candidate forums conclude
Two Austin Independent School District trustees and about 40 residents packed Baranoff Elementary School’s cafeteria this weekend to hear District 7 candidates Yasmin Wagner and Jonathan “Dale” Sump field questions. Saturday’s meeting was the third and final in-district forum. Now…
