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Tag Archives: Austin City Council
Community concerns with teeth: Council postpones vote on animal-related code changes
Austin is the largest no-kill city in the country and residents would like to keep it that way. Yet some have expressed concern that maintaining the animal shelter’s no-kill status could come at the expense of community safety. Although much…
City Council • By Jessi Devenyns • Sep 25, 2019
East Austin grocery's future is sealed
Austin City Council was set to decide on the fate of a well-known east side grocery store at its most recent meeting, but instead endorsed a deal that had been struck before the meeting convened. The Tuke-Lyon grocery, at 220…
Preservation • By Elizabeth Pagano • Sep 24, 2019
Taco PUD site marches on, again
Council unanimously gave first-reading approval last week to new planned unit development zoning for the small property known as the Taco PUD just across the street from Lady Bird Lake at Riverside Drive. Although the Taco Cabana has not operated…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Sep 24, 2019
Boundary change puts landfill site under Travis County's watch
City Council voted Thursday to change the boundaries of its extraterritorial jurisdiction, in essence giving up regulation of more than 800 acres that includes the controversial Austin Community Landfill property. By a unanimous vote, Council approved an ordinance change amending…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 23, 2019
Red River agreement fails to answer mobility questions
The University of Texas has yet to articulate its plans to mitigate traffic issues while Red River Street is closed through campus for roughly two years to make way for replacement of the Frank Erwin Center. However, City Council demonstrated…
Roads • By Ryan Thornton • Sep 23, 2019
Council approves $3M annually from hotel tax for musicians, venues
For the first time, Austin’s city government will provide direct annual funding to the local commercial music industry, including venues and performing musicians. On Thursday, City Council unanimously approved an ordinance and amendments to city code covering the allocation of…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 23, 2019
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Austin City Council punts on reinstating rules to limit camping and resting in public
City Council declined today to revise rules passed in June that rolled back ordinances banning camping, sitting or lying down in public. Council members may take up the measures again next month. After months of uncertainty on the part of…
City Council • By Andrew Weber, KUT • Sep 20, 2019
Urban Renewal Board extended for just nine months
City Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison expressed serious reservations about the need to continue Austin’s Urban Renewal Agency and its board during Wednesday’s Council work session and again at Thursday’s Council meeting. In the end, she convinced her colleagues to extend…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Sep 20, 2019
Lower speed limits coming to some Austin roadways
Austin City Council approved a round of speed limit changes Thursday, the latest tangible sign of the city’s efforts to make streets safer. “We know that it’s much more likely for a severe crash to happen when speeds go up…
Roads • By Samuel King • Sep 20, 2019
City awaits toilets for downtown public restroom project
Austin’s first permanent public restroom project downtown has been pushed back several months due to problems in the manufacturing process. Portland Loo, the company that makes the solar-powered restrooms, told staff earlier this month it has run into “parts and…
Planning • By Ryan Thornton • Sep 20, 2019
Asian American center plan could include Rutherford Lane campus
At today’s meeting, City Council will likely direct City Manager Spencer Cronk and his staff to come up with a proposal to incorporate the expansion of the Asian American Resource Center into a master plan for the center as well…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Sep 19, 2019
Council members offer revised plan that phases in restrictions on camping or resting in public
City leaders have a new proposal to regulate behavior related to homelessness ahead of a possible City Council vote that could happen as soon as Wednesday. The proposal comes after roughly a week of infighting among Council members. Kathie Tovo…
