Council approves six story development at Riverside RunTex site

Austin City Council approved on Thursday the rezoning of a large property on the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and South 1st Street to allow for the construction of a six story mixed-use building that will include 9,000 square feet…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Oct 22, 2012

Council says city can’t give Cap Metro money to ESD 11

Questions about the legality of a proposed tax-sharing deal between Travis County Emergency Services District (ESD) 11 and the City of Austin emerged late Thursday evening during a public hearing on the city’s planned annexation of the Circuit of the…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 19, 2012

Council overhauls new short-term rental ordinance

Less than three weeks after their new short-term rental ordinance went into effect, the Austin City Council returned to the drawing board to reduce fees and look into further changes down the road.   The Council passed two short-term rental…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 19, 2012

Council OKs design to redevelop Waller Creek into a series of parks

Members of the Austin City Council Thursday OK’d a design for the long-awaited re-imagining of the green spaces along Waller Creek.   A panel of jurors picked the winning team, headlined by New York- and Massachusetts-based Michael Van Valkenburgh &…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 19, 2012

Open meetings saga winding down without prosecutions

Six current members of the Austin City Council and one former member have signed or are in the process of signing agreements with County Attorney David Escamilla that will end Escamilla’s pursuit of allegations related to possible violations of the…

Uncategorized • By Jo Clifton • Oct 18, 2012

Battle of single-member district plans raises plenty of questions

A bout between advocates of competing proposals to revise the City of Austin charter to create single-member City Council districts was on the menu Wednesday at a luncheon panel discussion.   But if those attending expected a knock-down fight they…

Uncategorized • By Jo Clifton • Oct 18, 2012

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Trickle of permit applications so far for Formula 1 race

Applications for events set around next month’s widely anticipated Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix are so far coming in at a slow trickle, though city staffers expect the pace to pick up as the mid-November race approaches.   According to…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 18, 2012

Commissioners back emergency district’s request to serve F1 racetrack

Members of the Travis County Commissioners Court Tuesday backed a plan to partner with the City of Austin to allow Emergency Services District 11 to continue providing emergency services for the new Circuit of the Americas racetrack — even if…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 17, 2012

Council considering lower fees for short-term rentals

It’s been a little over two weeks since the city started regulating short-term rentals, and already Austin City Council is considering tweaking the law. At Tuesday’s work session, Council members debated an amendment that would substantially reduce the fees paid…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Oct 17, 2012

Commission fails to agree on sale of coal power plant

Electric Utility Commission Chair Philip Schmandt was unable to muster enough votes Monday night for a resolution that would have urged members of the Austin City Council to begin exploring a potential sale of the city’s share of the Fayette…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 16, 2012

Sale of city-owned Rainey Street property on hold

Those members of the city’s Mexican-American community worried about the sale of 64 Rainey Street adjacent to the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Center convinced Council to give up the idea of the sale at last week’s Council meeting. Instead,…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 16, 2012

Board gives duplex owners chance to make peace with neighborhood

Hoping a second postponement might do the trick, the Austin Board of Adjustment unanimously opted to give the would-be builders of a Cherrywood duplex another chance to work things out with the neighborhood.   John Kinney, who owns the 3305…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 16, 2012

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