Council calls for more trees and green infrastructure

On Thursday, City Council approved a step forward for increasing the number of trees in the city as well as promoting pedestrian and bicycle access throughout Austin. The vote was unanimous on the resolution sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Leslie…

Planning • By Jo Clifton • Mar 22, 2024

Incentive package for music venues, arts spaces headed for May public hearing

The city is working to make incentives for creative spaces available to individual sites and properties as well as larger cultural districts that have been proposed in city planning documents in recent years. Monday’s Arts Commission meeting included a presentation…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 22, 2024

Council tackles landscaping emissions with plan to reboot equipment trade-in program

People still clinging to battered old lawn equipment may soon see opportunity for an upgrade, as City Council looks to reboot a “cash for clunkers” exchange program to incentivize eco-friendly landscaping. The resolution, sponsored by Council Member Ryan Alter and…

Environment • By Kali Bramble • Mar 22, 2024

Council members seek changes to food truck permitting

City Council Member José Velásquez knows what it’s like to work with food for a living. According to his website, “José went to work at age 11 in a local panaderia to help his mother with bills. That same year…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Mar 21, 2024

City seeking $191M state loan to cover costs of caps and stitch for I-35

The city will turn to a state loan program as a major source of the funding for the more than $500 million cost of constructing caps and a stitch over Interstate 35 after it is buried and expanded over the…

Roads • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 21, 2024

TipSheet: Austin City Council, 3.21.24

Today, City Council will convene again for a regular meeting. We’ve taken a look at the reasonably sized agenda and picked a few things that might be of interest. As usual, the entire agenda is also online and can be…

TipSheets • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 21, 2024

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Council hears plan for another South Congress PUD

A proposed 6.0102-acre planned unit development would mean big changes for the southwest corner of South Congress Avenue and Riverside Drive, including the possibility of a tower more than 500 feet tall. City Council heard details about the plans at…

Development • By Jo Clifton • Mar 20, 2024

Parks Dept. looks to move forward with new, scaled-back Dougherty Arts Center

The replacement for the deteriorating Dougherty Arts Center will move forward in a phased approach, without the underground parking called for previously by City Council, in an attempt to dramatically reduce the cost of the new facility. During the Tuesday…

Budget • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 20, 2024

A push for more affordable housing falls flat at Planning Commission

A new tower planned for downtown sparked debate about Austin’s density bonus program at the most recent meeting of the city’s Planning Commission. The density bonus program essentially trades increased development entitlements for a number of community benefits, including things…

Housing • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 20, 2024

For the first time in 20 years, more people are leaving Travis County than moving in

Lee esta historia en español Between July 2022 and July 2023, roughly 2,500 more people moved out of Travis County than moved in. This figure, which comes out of population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week, marks…

Austin • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 20, 2024

Black arts collective wants progress on city's African American cultural district

An East Austin arts nonprofit is looking to organize musicians, artists and other creatives for job opportunities and to put pressure on the city to move forward with building out plans for the African American Culture and Heritage District that…

Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 19, 2024

Austin still looking for more 911 call takers

Austin’s 911 call takers are regularly asked to take on a high call volume, but the Austin Police Department does not have a regular process for expediting call taking when the volume reaches higher-than-normal levels, according to a special report…

Public Safety • By Jo Clifton • Mar 19, 2024

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