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Citing discrimination, City Council considers changing homelessness ordinances
City Council has decided it is time to take a hard look at the city’s policies associated with homelessness and take dramatic action. The homeless population in Austin is continuing to grow as the city’s population swells. According to the…
City Council • By Jessi Devenyns • May 30, 2019
Flannigan turns blogger with The Clawback
Council Member Jimmy Flannigan has taken to his personal campaign website as a forum for addressing issues and controversies he views as creating confusion around the work of City Council and staff. He launched his new blog, The Clawback, last…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • May 30, 2019
Council OKs Palm School, convention center ideas
In a stunning victory for Mayor Steve Adler and Council Member Kathie Tovo, the Austin City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a 27-page resolution directing city staff to gather all the information necessary to move forward with an extensive renovation…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • May 24, 2019
Neighborhood health center in race against displacement
Austin Public Health wants to build a new neighborhood public health center adjacent to Dove Springs District Park in District 2, but some City Council members are concerned the $12.4 million neighborhood center won’t be ready in time to have…
City Council • By Ryan Thornton • May 22, 2019
Council asks city staff for ideas on local Green New Deal, EVs
City Council unanimously approved its own Green New Deal resolution last week in response to the devastating consequences of the climate crisis, from record temperatures to the historic flooding seen in Austin and Central Texas over the last decade. Council…
City Council • By Ryan Thornton • May 15, 2019
Dougherty move OK'd but questions remain
Council voted Thursday to instruct the Parks and Recreation Department to move forward with preparing a design for a new site for the Dougherty Arts Center at Butler Shores Park. However, the instructions were not an all-out endorsement of the…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • May 13, 2019
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Council passes affordable housing density bonus program
In keeping with its previous support of Council Member Greg Casar’s proposed density bonus program, City Council unanimously approved the Affordability Unlocked bonus program Thursday evening, an ordinance amending city code by loosening site restrictions and promoting construction of more…
City Council • By Ryan Thornton • May 10, 2019
Harper-Madison questions electric vehicle resolution
Council Member Alison Alter’s resolution furthering Austin’s commitment to combating climate change seems exactly like the sort of statement Austinites expect from their leaders. Austin city councils have backed environmental initiatives, including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, for many years.…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • May 9, 2019
Development code vote kicked down the road
City staffers are not quite in the clear to officially start work drafting a new Land Development Code. City Council was preparing to make a vote this week that would provide direction to City Manager Spencer Cronk regarding the code,…
City Council • By Ryan Thornton • Apr 26, 2019
City begins search to fund new center for homeless families
The city is looking for money in the current budget to help open and operate a recently constructed homeless shelter for families. At Thursday’s meeting, City Council approved a consent agenda resolution directing City Manager Spencer Cronk to look for…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 12, 2019
Council hears convention center options, with work sessions on deck
City Council members heard many of the gritty details Tuesday on the question of whether or not to expand the Austin Convention Center. The special meeting came after last week’s arrival of a long-awaited study from the University of Texas…
City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 3, 2019
Hyde Park flood plain variance finally OK'd
Even though Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza did not really approve of granting flood plain variances to allow construction of a home at 4515 Avenue D, she changed her vote last week so that the property owner would not have…
