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Tag Archives: Austin City Council
Despite road plans, Council OKs zoning
Council rejected recommendations of the city’s zoning and transportation staff and the Zoning and Platting Commission at Thursday’s meeting, granting on first reading a request for commercial and mixed-use zoning on a northeast Austin property at 9100 Brown Lane. The…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Nov 2, 2018
Long road to expo center revamp could begin Thursday
Thursday’s City Council meeting is expected to see the first moves toward a long-off ballot initiative that will eventually lead to an ambitious rehabilitation of the Travis County Expo Center. The resolution, which is expected to pass on consent, will…
Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 1, 2018
Council: What to do about boards and commissions?
City Council members seem to all agree that something should be done to make the city’s dozens of citizen boards and commissions more efficient and effective. At a Council work session Tuesday, Council members discussed whether the city should embark…
City Hall • By Jack Craver • Nov 1, 2018
Council seems ready to OK biosolids contract
The latest chapter in the city’s quest to sign a new contract for handling biosolids at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant appears to be nearing its end after two and half years of struggle. With Council Member Alison Alter…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Oct 31, 2018
Council plans additional post-mortem review of water crisis
Although last week’s crisis has passed and Austinites once again have clean drinking water in their homes and offices, City Council still has much work to do. In anticipation of the questions that would arrive in the aftermath of the…
City Hall • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 30, 2018
Anti-displacement recommendations take broad approach to combat gentrification
The task force convened late last year by City Council to study strategies for reversing Austin’s growing affordability and displacement problem has released its initial set of recommendations. Those recommendations include a mix of taxing mechanisms, social services and bond…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 29, 2018
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Reporter's Notebook: The more you know
Today in unsurprising news… The Circuit of the Americas has issued a statement on its position and involvement in the ongoing petition drive that could impact the city’s ability to complete a deal to build a soccer stadium on a…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 29, 2018
Report highlights flaws in city contracting
City auditors found major flaws in how the city manages its contracts, with many of those weaknesses persisting citywide for several years, according to a special report issued this week. Audit Manager Katie Houston told the City Council Audit and…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Oct 25, 2018
Mayoral candidates stress leadership on familiar Austin concerns
While common topics such as Austin’s transportation issues and the fate of the city’s CodeNEXT rewrite have been talking points at all recent forums for the four contested City Council seats, at Monday’s forum for the two most prominent candidates…
Elections • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 24, 2018
Noise enforcement called key to new push for 'agent of change' ordinance
The city is making another attempt to find peace and common ground between music and entertainment venues and high-rise hotels or residences as those two land uses becoming increasingly intermixed while Austin continues to grow. A resolution passed under consent…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 23, 2018
City staff gets green light to research public plaza program
While it’s fashionable in the U.S. for private enterprises to attach the word “plaza” to many things that are not, like shopping malls or condominiums, a public plaza can be hard to find (Austin’s beautiful Plaza Saltillo actually prohibits “loitering,”…
City Council • By Ryan Thornton • Oct 23, 2018
Here are the candidates running to be Austin's next mayor
If you’re tired of hearing about the face-off between Sen. Ted Cruz and Congressman Beto O’Rourke, maybe it’s time to turn your attention to local elections, like the mayor’s race. Mayor Steve Adler is fighting to retain his seat against…
