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Housing officials rethinking city’s SMART housing initiative
The Community Development Corporation’s Housing Committee will be the first group to take another look at Austin’s SMART housing program more than a decade after it was created. Austin’s SMART housing initiative once was a key tool in the…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Mar 7, 2013
Travis County considers task force to study living wage for projects
Discussions are underway at Travis County to form a new Workers Task Force. The creation of the task force would move forward a discussion that started when County Commissioners passed an economic incentives policy in November 2012. It would…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 6, 2013
Divided Council approves new definition of amphitheaters
Amphitheaters are no longer a matter of speculation in Austin. As of last Thursday, the city has a definition for the venues. On Thursday, City Council voted 7-0 to approve an ordinance that defines amphitheaters and requires that their approval…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 6, 2013
10-1 plan backers call redistricting commission process a success
Members of the group behind the push for 10 geographically elected Austin City Council districts touted Monday what they consider to be the initial success of early steps toward that arrangement. “We have over 500 applicants for the Independent…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 5, 2013
Council backs ordinance to eliminate downtown parking requirements
City Council took a step towards eliminating downtown parking requirements last week. Though there was a lengthy discussion surrounding the details of such a change, in the end the measure passed on first reading with very little conflict. Planner…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 5, 2013
Collecting Hotel Occupancy Tax remains problem for city
City officials continue to struggle with their ability to fully collect Austin’s Hotel Occupancy Tax. The office of City Auditor Ken Mory reports that all five of the anonymous hotels examined in a February 2013 audit were delinquent on…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 4, 2013
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Compromise reached for re-zoning Burnet Road tract for bar
Last week, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole brokered a final compromise on conditions around the re-zoning for a proposed Little Woodrow’s on Burnet Road, but the agreed-to concessions were not enough to bring Council Members Laura Morrison and Kathie Tovo…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Mar 4, 2013
Council OKs AE rate case settlement
Key Austin Energy rate settlement points: · The utility agrees to reduce its revenue requirement for out-of-city ratepayers by $5.75 million. · $4.3 million of the reduction will come from energy charges, $1.2 million will come from reductions in…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 1, 2013
Council backs project to keep affordable housing units in Bouldin
City Council unanimously approved funding for an innovative affordable housing project in the Bouldin neighborhood (previously mis-identified as Travis Heights) yesterday. Though contingent on state funding, Council committed $2 million to the project, which proposes a mix of affordable…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 1, 2013
Council postpones action on Project Duration Ordinance to March 21
Austin City Council members Thursday delayed for three weeks a vote on a sweeping change in the city’s Project Duration Ordinance. The break will allow members of the city’s Planning Commission to review the move, and hold a public hearing…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 1, 2013
Spelman questions proposed incentives for National Instruments
An economic development agreement with National Instruments could bring the City of Austin 1,000 new jobs, a net fiscal profit of $7.6 million, and the creation of a pipeline project to create the next generation of local engineers. Still,…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 1, 2013
Coalition proposes LCRA buy out rice farmers’ rights
A Highland Lakes interest group is pushing for Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) officials to acquire rice-farming rights from downstream agricultural interests. The Central Texas Water Coalition suggests that the move would be far more cost effective than the…
