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Last week, the Environmental Board had the unexpected pleasure of endorsing a Planned Unit Development that sought stricter environmental standards than would be required if the property were developed under the standards currently in place. Developers are planning to…
Despite stated concerns that the city was closing a barn long-emptied of horses, the Planning Commission this week gave a recommendation for a code amendment that would make cocktail lounges a conditional use in the Rainey Street district. Through…
City finance officials are reporting that Austin ended FY2012 with an $8.6 million surplus. The figure comes thanks to a combination of lower than expected expenditures and higher sales tax collections than had been forecast. Fees associated with development were…
Plans to implement a modest gray water pilot program in the city met with unexpected controversy at the Environmental Board last week. The Graywater External Stakeholders Group presented its plans for a pilot program to the board. The group,…
Council gave a tentative go-ahead to a mixed-use project named Monaco II last week, approving a zoning change on first reading. T. Mark Knutsen, owner of the property at 2440 Wickersham Lane, was seeking a change from low-density multifamily…
The Waterfront Planning Advisory Board has put its stamp of approval on plans for a tricky parcel of land in south Austin last week. The lot, which is just over half an acre, is located at 500 South First…
Austin City Council members took a step toward a potential new affordable housing referendum Thursday. The move came with the unanimous approval of a resolution that instructed City Manager Marc Ott to examine the possibility of going out for a…
The head of the Austin-Travis County EMS Employees Union continued yesterday to criticize a new interlocal agreement between the city and Travis County that will govern local Emergency Medical Services. At Thursday’s Council meeting, Tony Marquardt remained adamant that…
Officials with the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the city’s Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office painted rosy pictures of the past and the future of incentivized business growth in Austin Thursday. In presentations to Council, the Chamber’s Senior…
The office of City Auditor Ken Mory pushed up the timeline for its establishment of a committee charged with drawing the lines for Austin’s new 10-1 City Council district plan. The new target date for the empanelment of eight initial…
City staff will ask Council members this morning to delay the annexation of 619 acres in southern Travis County near the intersection of I-35 and Onion Creek Parkway. The region, known as the Estancia Hill Country/Wunneberger-Strange area, is the subject…
The city broke ground on two-dozen units of affordable housing on East 12th Street in East Austin on Wednesday, a testament to ongoing efforts of the Anderson Community Development Corp. to find its way back to being a viable, substantial…
