Tag Archives: Austin City Council
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
Health & Human Services
Austin Public Health to address health inequity in response to Covid-19
Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden told City Council Tuesday that the city needs to address the vast inequities and social determinants of health – things like jobs, housing and health services – that have concentrated Covid-19’s impact upon poor…
Monday, June 1, 2020 by Elizabeth Pagano
City Hall
City leaders respond to protests
Over the weekend, protesters across the country left their homes in a call for justice for George Floyd and other black victims of police brutality. In Austin, people turned out in an expression of solidarity and to demand accountability for…
Monday, June 1, 2020 by Audrey McGlinchy
Housing
Residents of North Austin mobile home park now own the land they live on
A parade of cars, horns honking, rolled slowly through a mobile home park in North Austin Saturday evening. The drivers, the majority of whom live in the neighborhood, had written words and phrases in Spanish on their windows: “Felicidades, “Sí…
Friday, May 29, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
Council members stake out priorities for federal Covid-19 aid ahead of vote next week
City Council will vote next week on the plan for spending federal money devoted to pandemic relief, anticipating significant changes from the initial outline presented by staff on Thursday.During a special meeting dedicated to allocating federal dollars – much of…
Friday, May 29, 2020 by Jo Clifton
Zoning
Council OKs rule changes for old Motorola site
Last week City Council gave preliminary approval for a number of changes to an existing land development agreement at the site of the old Motorola chip fabrication facility at 3443 Ed Bluestein Blvd., giving area residents hope for much-needed jobs…
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Council
Council OKs SOS amendment for Lantana tract
With the blessing of the Save Our Springs Alliance, City Council voted unanimously last week to approve a zoning change on the Lantana property at 7415 Southwest Parkway, allowing for the development of multifamily housing instead of the office complex…
Friday, May 22, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
Council pushes for economic development body to lead purchase, preservation of venue spaces
City Council is pushing staff to act this summer to create an economic development corporation that could be used to preserve and acquire real estate properties to be used for cultural arts events and meeting space.That body, possibly in tandem…
Friday, May 22, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Council
City to exit driver’s license hold contract with DPS
City Council voted unanimously Thursday to direct the city manager to discontinue the city’s participation in a state Department of Public Safety program that places holds on driver’s licenses when people fail to pay or miss payments on class C…
Friday, May 22, 2020 by Nina Hernandez
City Council
Council passes changes to consumer lending policies
On Thursday, City Council adopted changes to a city ordinance governing Registration of Credit Access Businesses to ensure that city regulations on consumer lending also apply to credit service organizations like payday and auto title lenders. The change, passed on…
Friday, May 22, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
City Council
Council approves $6.9M in agreements for remaining RISE funds
City Council doled out nearly $6.9 million to 12 social services organizations in a unanimous vote Thursday, spending the remainder of the $15 million Relief in a State of Emergency, or RISE, fund approved by Council on April 9.Mayor Pro…
Thursday, May 21, 2020 by Jo Clifton
Zoning
Opposition to RV park diminishes
Although members of the Lower Boggy Creek Neighborhood Association have opposed a zoning change that would allow construction of an RV campground, cafe and convenience store on Delwau Lane, it appears that they will accept the new development after negotiating…
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
City Council
City outlines $270M coronavirus response
The city’s budget office has landed on a provisional Covid-19 spending plan to manage the ongoing public health crisis and provide vulnerable residents, professionals and businesses with the financial support to survive.The $270.1 million framework features $37.9 million for medical…
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 by Jo Clifton
City Council
UT, city start negotiating a development deal
In response to a City Council request in February, the University of Texas has presented the broad outline of an agreement for developing its Austin properties, including the Brackenridge tract, the Pickle Research Center West, Sematech in East Austin, and…
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
Ahead of Abbott’s reopening, Council members urge state to address Covid-19 in East Austin
Ahead of Gov. Greg Abbott’s moves on Monday to allow more Texas businesses to reopen and cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, four members of City Council representing East Austin urged the state to do more to protect vulnerable communities from…
Monday, May 18, 2020 by Nina Hernandez
City Council
Texas Supreme Court order doesn’t nullify Austin’s eviction protections
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that eviction proceedings and debt collections, which have been paused during the Covid-19 pandemic, can once again move forward. But that doesn’t mean eviction proceedings will go forward in Austin any time soon.On…
Friday, May 15, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
City to pursue strategy protecting at-risk workers from Covid-19 threat
The city is expected to begin assembling a strategy to limit the spread of Covid-19 among at-risk workers with high rates of contact with the public, including those in jobs that have restarted following state government moves to reopen the…
Friday, May 15, 2020 by Ryan Thornton
City Council
Affordable housing bond to help create cooperative housing mobile home park
After five years of protesting increased housing costs and poor property management, City Council has approved a $2.5 million loan agreement so that residents of North Lamar Mobile Home Park in District 4 may purchase the land under their homes…
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
Red River district pushes city to commit $35M to purchase venue properties
Leaders from the cluster of live music venues along Red River Street have asked the city to dedicate $35 million to purchase venue properties in the area, as part of a larger menu of programs and spending to preserve those…
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 by Chad Swiatecki
City Council
Council seeks plan to form conservation corps using federal Covid-19 aid
The city intends to use some of its federal Covid-19 relief money to create an update of the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps that was dedicated to job creation that preserved and enhanced the country’s natural resources.City Council voted unanimously…
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 by Jo Clifton
Zoning
Delwau campground zoning moves forward
A zoning change that would allow property owners to open a campground for recreational vehicles, a convenience store and cafe at 7715 Delwau Lane took the next-to-last step forward last week, as Council approved General Commercial Services-Mixed Use (CS-MU) zoning…
