PUC hears arguments in water, wastewater case

The Public Utility Commission of Texas heard oral arguments Friday from attorneys representing the city of Austin as well as those representing a group of wholesale Austin Water utility customers who have challenged post-2012 water and wastewater rate increases. Rather…

Courts • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 17, 2015

BoA delays compromise variance in Travis Heights

Neighborhood support for a plan to preserve a historic home alongside new development wasn’t quite enough to sway the Board of Adjustment on a Travis Heights case at its last meeting. Though some board members seemed inclined to support the…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 17, 2015

Reporter's Notebook: Wild Wild West Sixth

Point taken… A briefing about the proposed Austin Police Department budget took an unusual turn Wednesday when City Council Member Don Zimmerman and APD Chief Art Acevedo got into a philosophical exchange about crime on Sixth Street. The debate took…

Austin • By Austin Monitor • Aug 17, 2015

Council committee will consider "parallel" changes to short-term rental ordinance

City staff has been whittling down an assortment of 123 suggested changes to the city’s ordinance on short-term rentals. The result, sent in a memo on Thursday to Mayor Steve Adler and City Council members, is a list of 13…

The Code • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 14, 2015

Planning Commission to take a closer look at neighborhood infill tools

Most members of the Planning Commission appear to believe that something should change about city infill tools attached to neighborhood plans, but none appear certain about what specifically should change. After a half-hour discussion with city staff about how neighborhoods…

The Code • By Jack Craver • Aug 14, 2015

Aging courthouse loses pace with growing county

As Travis County commissioners march forward with a plan to replace the aging Heman Marion Sweatt Courthouse, denizens of that historic building are pulling no punches in their description of it. “It’s awful. It’s terrible. It’s undignified,” was the way…

Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 14, 2015

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Griffin School faces another delay

After yet another postponement at the Board of Adjustment, the fate of the Griffin School remains unclear. Board members warned that this postponement would be the last. The school, which is located at 5000 Martin Ave. in Hyde Park, is…

Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 14, 2015

Council scrutinizes proposed police officer increase

City Council members spent over an hour Wednesday grilling Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo and other APD staff on the department’s proposed Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget, zeroing in on a plan to add 82 sworn police officers to the…

Budget • By Tyler Whitson • Aug 13, 2015

RECA report on affordability blames city, neighbors

As the city struggles to provide development review services needed to ensure that its many regulations are being followed, the Real Estate Council of Austin reports that “Austin is steadily losing ground in its efforts to become a ‘beacon of…

Housing • By Jo Clifton • Aug 13, 2015

City Council talks historic preservation goals

City Council members found themselves tackling the underpinnings of historic preservation on Tuesday, as they wrestled with whether to proceed with four very different cases of historic landmark designation on today’s agenda. Ultimately, Council members remained undecided on whether to…

Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 13, 2015

Budget proposal catches Council off guard

With a city budget of $3.5 billion, there are a lot of line items that don’t get individual attention during Austin City Council’s budget talks. But on Monday, there was one Parks and Recreation Department allocation request that was curious…

Budget • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 13, 2015

County approves mass-gathering permit compromise

Travis County Commissioners on Tuesday approved controversial revisions to the mass-gathering permitting process following a nearly two-hour hearing that featured more than a dozen speakers from the community. However, the commissioner who offered the compromise that helped guide the changes…

Music & Entertainment • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 12, 2015

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