Council OKs rental registration program in post-midnight vote

Shortly after midnight Friday, Austin City Council members tentatively approved a limited rental registration program and – as its sponsors became careful to point out in response to stakeholder concerns – a list of bad-actor landlords for the City of…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 10, 2013

At midnight public still talking about registration of rental properties

With about 10 minutes to go before In Fact Daily‘s deadline Thursday, Council members were still taking public debate over a pair of proposed rental registration ordinances. Proponents of the idea argue that registration could provide more proactive attention to…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 7, 2013

Council members wrangle over calculating affordable housing bonus

After a contentious and at times confusing debate, City Council has decided to take another look at the way affordable housing calculations are done in Planned Unit Developments.   Council voted 5-2 to begin the process of codifying a single affordable…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 7, 2013

Council members delay action on controversial ridesharing business

Austin City Council members delayed action Thursday on a series of code revisions that would strictly define ridesharing as a relatively uncompensated activity. Instead, staff will return in August after a review of options as part of a process that…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 7, 2013

MACC board resoundingly rejects high-rise proposals for Rainey Street

For nearly two hours Wednesday night, there was a heated, almost uncomfortable, virtually one-sided debate at the Mexican American Cultural Center board meeting. The Rainey Street developer who attended the meeting absorbed a great deal of disdain from East Austin…

Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 7, 2013

Competing rental registry measures on today's Council agenda

Competing resolutions from Council Members Bill Spelman and Kathie Tovo may both earn Council approval today. If that plays out, those resolutions would establish rental property ownership registries for every rental property in three Austin neighborhoods, as well as owners…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 6, 2013

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ZAP comes up empty on two Lake Austin zoning cases

The Zoning and Platting Commission wrestled with two Lake Austin zoning cases on Tuesday night. Both matches ended in a draw.   Brian Huber, who owns the property at 4200 Rivercrest Drive, is seeking a zoning change from Lake Austin…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 6, 2013

City escalates argument with White Lodging over prevailing wage

The City of Austin’s Contract Management Department has issued an ultimatum to the developers behind the new JW Marriott Hotel at Third Street and Congress Avenue, ordering them to pay back wages to 13 project carpenters whose work was improperly…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 6, 2013

Big crowd watches Brown kick off campaign for County Judge

Austin Democrat Andy Brown dished up a healthy campaign announcement with a side of GOP hash Tuesday afternoon at Threadgill’s World Headquarters on West Riverside Drive. In front of more than 500 supporters and attendees, Brown jokingly said “I just…

Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 5, 2013

Council to consider codifying affordable housing calculations for PUDs

A resolution from Council Member Mike Martinez, Mayor Lee Leffingwell, and Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole on Thursday’s City Council agenda would codify one affordable housing calculation for the city’s Planned Unit Developments.   The figure proposed by the trio…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 5, 2013

Judge names Todd to complete Precinct 2 term on Commissioners Court

Saying he will do an outstanding job, Judge Sam Biscoe has appointed former Austin Mayor Bruce Todd to the Travis County Commissioners Court.   Todd will fill the Precinct 2 position formerly held by Sarah Eckhardt, who stepped down to…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 4, 2013

TCEQ says LCRA Water Management Plan needs more study

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Executive Director Zak Covar ruled Monday that the most recent update to the Lower Colorado River Authority’s Water Management Plan would require more administrative review before it is forwarded on for a commission vote. Though…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 4, 2013

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