AISD hears final budget draft

On Monday, the Austin Independent School District’s chief financial officer gave trustees the good news first: AISD will have more revenue than it expected to have in June’s version of the Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget. But most of it will go to…

AISD • By Courtney Griffin • Aug 24, 2015

ZAP recommends County Line rezoning

Last week, the city’s Zoning and Platting Commission unanimously approved a compromise that will allow County Line on the Lake to operate its patio legally, though it will prohibit outdoor amplified sound. Commissioners voted to recommend requesting a zoning change…

Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 24, 2015

Reporter's Notebook: Precious moments

ICYMI, a rebuttal… On Friday, we mentioned City Council Member Sheri Gallo’s unusual callout of City Manager Marc Ott, who wasn’t physically present on the dais for the conclusion of the short-term rental discussion. As a refresher, Gallo concluded her…

Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 24, 2015

Austin Monitor Radio: The Huffington Post's Jason Cherkis

Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin sits with the Huffington Post’s Jason Cherkis to talk about Cherkis’ work, and the state of media in general. Show is embedded below.

Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 24, 2015

Video: Council rundown, 8.21 (KXAN)

Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin heads to KXAN for his weekly Council wrap. This week: Short Term Rentals.

Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 21, 2015

Minus occupancy limits, new STR rules approved

City Council Member Don Zimmerman and Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo have finally found something they can agree on: The city’s current regulations of short-term rentals and their enforcement are, as Zimmerman put it at Thursday’s Council meeting, “a train…

Austin • By Jo Clifton • Aug 21, 2015

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Minorities, low-income residents top budget amendment requests

With city budget season in full swing, dozens of Austinites took to the podium at City Hall during a public hearing Thursday to ask City Council to amend the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year to include more services…

Budget • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 21, 2015

Council permits additional entertainment at Springdale Farm

As more than one City Council member noted, the conclusion to a 5-acre farm’s appeal for more outdoor entertainment allowances had been a long time in the making. And on Thursday it ended in favor of the farm owners. With…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 21, 2015

Planning Commission delays action on new Crestview church redevelopment proposal

It’s Round 2 in the fight between Crestview neighborhood activists and developer David Kahn. The neighborhood won the first round in May, when City Council declined to endorse Kahn’s request for a zoning change to build a 70,000-square-foot office complex…

Development • By Jack Craver • Aug 21, 2015

City may shorten ambulance provider workweeks

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services ambulance providers are under a lot of strain as they try to keep up with population growth and an increasing number of special events, but a new proposal could reduce some of that pressure. On…

EMS • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 20, 2015

TCAD appraisal letter worries some citizens

Retired U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Henry Boothe was surprised and worried when he received a letter from the Travis Central Appraisal District in early August informing him that the city of Austin had filed an appeal of TCAD’s commercial…

Austin • By Jo Clifton • Aug 20, 2015

Parks Department dives into future of Austin pools

Next week signals the close of many Austin municipal and neighborhood pools. Diving boards active throughout the summer months will be hushed as the kids who once tumbled from them head back to school. During these final days, volunteers with…

Parks • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 20, 2015

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