KUT’s Jimmy Maas sits down with the Austin Monitor‘s Michael Kanin to discuss Formula 1-directed jabs from council, a delay on short-term rental discussions, Rep. Elliot Naishtat’s retirement and the council’s “epic” agenda for 12.17.2015. Courtesy of our City Hall reporting partners at KUT. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/237103547″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Commissioners envision co-working space for musicians
The Music Commission would like City Council to consider creating a centrally located hub for the Austin music industry comparable to what Austin Studios is for the film industry. The resolution discussed at the Music Commission’s Monday evening meeting is a response to the Austin Music Census, a survey of over 4,000 musicians conducted last […]
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Is gentrification a human rights issue in Austin?
Over the past few months, the city’s Human Rights Commission has been taking a hard look at preservation and gentrification. Though such issues might seem outside the commission’s purview, onetime City Council candidate Fred McGhee has a different opinion. McGhee’s complaints come after the Historic Landmark Commission rejected historic zoning for the Rosewood Courts in […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: The time she got to Arizona
Ghosts of resolutions passed… Though city officials’ trips to Paris may have garnered all the headlines last week, City Council Member Ellen Troxclair’s trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, for the American City County Exchange Policy Summit sparked the most interesting question: Was it legal? Of course it’s fairly routine for Council members to travel for such […]
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Committee recommends more home buyouts in floodplain
Property values are rising in Austin, even in areas at high risk of flooding. It’s a challenge that the Watershed Protection Department faces as it seeks to buy properties in the Middle Williamson Creek area threatened by flooding, city staff told the Open Space, Environment and Sustainability Committee on Thursday. Mapi Vigil, managing engineer for […]
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Are digital billboards coming to Austin?
To date, Austin’s billboards have remained as static as the code that regulates them. But some are calling for changes that could allow digital billboards in the city. On Monday, members of the City Council Public Safety Committee voted to send those changes to the consultants engaged in the CodeNEXT Land Development Code rewrite to […]
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Public Safety Committee opts to welcome refugees
In news that will surprise roughly no one, the City Council Public Safety Committee has dismissed a resolution to stand with Gov. Greg Abbott and rhetorically ban Syrian refugees from entering Austin. The committee voted against the resolution and in favor of the statement “We are welcoming of all refugees in Austin.” Council members Greg […]
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Where have all the children gone? Commission studies Austin’s shrinking family share
Success has come at a cost for families with children in Austin. At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission took a look at how decreased affordability is impacting families in Austin and started a conversation about how it might address the issue. Commissioners asked city demographer Ryan Robinson to give them the lay of the […]
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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. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/235248989″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 11.19.2015
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Simply click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweet. ITEMS 4 5 8 11 15 18 22 32 34 39 42 45 52 62 64 74 77 78 80 81 83 84 91 92 96 97 […]
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Austin Habitat for Humanity celebrates new headquarters, CEO
2015 has been an eventful year for Austin Habitat for Humanity. With bright new headquarters and a new leader at the helm, the nonprofit has built itself up into a good position to further help with the issue of affordable housing in Austin. Austin Habitat’s new headquarters at the corner of Highway 71 and South […]
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Chamber luncheon focuses on preparing students for jobs
Austin leads the nation in job-creation growth, and while this is good news, it puts pressure on the city and employers who are having a hard time filling some of those positions. Paul D’Arcy, senior vice president at Indeed, delivered the keynote at the Austin Chamber’s State of Education luncheon on Tuesday. He told the […]