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Council rejects Austin Energy waste contract
Responding to environmental concerns, City Council on Thursday unanimously rejected staff’s recommendation that the city extend a contract with Republic Services to dispose of nonhazardous industrial waste generated by Austin Energy. Mayor Steve Adler was out of the city at…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Dec 11, 2015
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.
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Nov 30, 2015
Council makes density bonus rules more stringent
Changes to the city’s Planned Unit Development density bonus program, designed to encourage developers to build more on-site affordable housing, won City Council approval on a vote of 10-1 on Thursday. Only Council Member Don Zimmerman voted against the overall…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Nov 23, 2015
Council loosens rules on accessory dwelling units
Austin homeowners hoping to build accessory dwelling units on their properties now have a better chance of being able to do so, based on new rules that City Council passed on Thursday. The measure reducing restrictions on accessory dwelling units,…
City Council • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 20, 2015
Sale of city land divides city interests
Plans for a dog park in Southeast Austin may be dead. Why? In short: The city cannot afford its own land, which is now worth more than six times what it was valued at less than two years ago. But…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 20, 2015
Austin Tennis Center renaming debate remains tied
Most people seem to agree that the Austin Tennis Center could use a new name, but City Council moved no closer to replacing the current, prosaic moniker Thursday afternoon. Instead, Council remained firm in its commitment to postpone the renaming…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 20, 2015
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Fair Chance advocate tells her story
University of Texas PhD student and former Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate Susannah Bannon describes her research as being “at the intersection of rhetoric and social justice.” In her studies as a communications student, Bannon examines the ways in…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Nov 9, 2015
Council may finally bid adieu to ADU deliberation
After more than a year, City Council is closing in on new regulations for accessory dwelling units that, ostensibly, will make it easier for Austinites to build small, secondary homes on their property. As Council Member Greg Casar announced at…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 15, 2015
Ethics Commission reprimands Zimmerman
The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to sanction City Council Member Don Zimmerman for two violations of city campaign finance code Tuesday night. They also voted unanimously to issue a written reprimand to Zimmerman, though they did not recommend prosecuting…
Austin • By Jack Craver • Oct 14, 2015
Council to take stance on Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood funding may be a national issue, but City Council will likely weigh in on it this Thursday when it considers endorsing federal spending for the women’s health organization in the city’s federal legislative agenda. Council will also consider…
City Council • By Tyler Whitson • Oct 14, 2015
Houston, Casar balk at larger Convention Center
The City Council Economic Opportunity Committee rejected a chance to weigh in on the expansion of the Convention Center Monday, with Council Members Ora Houston and Greg Casar saying they were not ready to recommend the consultant’s long-range master plan.…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Oct 13, 2015
Council urges restraint in reporting immigrants to ICE
City Council is putting pressure on the Travis County Sheriff’s Office to stop reporting undocumented immigrants who are processed at the county jail to immigration authorities. While the body voted Thursday to approve a one-year, $6.58 million interlocal agreement with…
