City Charter
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 by Audrey McGlinchy, KUT
City Charter
Post Prop 1, city begins community conversations about citizen petitions
In a dark room usually reserved for musical performances in South Austin’s Strange Brew coffee shop, four Austin residents met on Monday to talk about the process of citizen petitions — the most recent of which resulted in Proposition 1…
Thursday, April 14, 2016 by Jo Clifton
City Charter
Too many land-use professionals?
At Monday’s City Council Audit and Finance Committee meeting, Council members rejected the idea of allowing the Environmental Commission to have five land-use professionals among its 11 members. The current rules governing membership on the Environmental Commission allow for only…
Monday, April 11, 2016 by Michael Kanin
City Charter
Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Don Zimmerman
Austin City Council Member Don Zimmerman joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about abstentions, annexation, and the rest of his term-so-far. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below.
Monday, April 11, 2016 by Michael Kanin
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City Charter
TickTock: Austin City Council meeting 4.7.2016
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweets. ITEMS 6 7 9 16 17 19 23 32 34 Tick Tock Participants:…
Monday, November 30, 2015 by Michael Kanin
Austin
Austin Monitor Radio: The (early) impact of 10-1
Khotan Shabazi-Harmon of Leadership Austin’s 2015 Essential Class joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about her impressions of the City of Austin’s new 10-1 system and the Leadership Austin report on geographic representation. The program is embedded below.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 by Michael Kanin
Austin
Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Greg Casar
Austin City Council Member Greg Casar looks back at his first months in office, including his efforts as chair of Council’s Planning and Neighborhood Committee. The program is embedded below:
