TickTock is the sortable transcript of @austinmonitor Tweets from the most recent Austin City Council meeting. ITEMS 10 12 18 32 34 60 67 TickTock for Friday, February 17, 2017 Participants: austinmonitor 219 DanKeshet 2 jenniferinc 1 SomewhereinATX 1 karawaane 1 Thursday, February 16, 2017 9AM Austin teachers union pushes back on AISD immigration memo. […]
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Plaza Saltillo advances amid accusations of broken promises
After years in the making, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Plaza Saltillo is only one vote away from its ultimate fate. City Council on Thursday night gave second-reading approval to the zoning change that will clear the way for the project, albeit slightly shorter than the developer, Endeavor Real Estate Group, originally proposed. The vote […]
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Immigration sparks Council fight
After a heated exchange between City Council members Ellen Troxclair and Greg Casar, Council voted 10-1 Thursday to approve $200,000 in emergency funding for immigrant legal services. Troxclair, Council’s only Republican, offered the only no vote and the only negative commentary about increasing funding to Catholic Charities of Central Texas to aid people seeking legal […]
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Council approves resolution aimed at creating more Capitol View Corridors
City Council approved a resolution Thursday aimed at preserving “visual corridors” of the state Capitol in East Austin. Brought forward by Council Member Ora Houston – who in a prepared statement described the view of the Capitol that she grew up enjoying as both “magical” and increasingly endangered – the resolution does not impose any […]
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Capitol view corridors to compete at Council today
Stand atop the hill at the northeast corner of the Texas State Cemetery, and you’ll have a clear view of the Texas State Capitol. It rises alongside a row of trees, now leafless, and a Texas flag. That view, some City Council members say, demands protection. “This resolution is to preserve the Capitol corridor views […]
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Survey says: Austinites dissatisfied with traffic, happy with most else
New survey findings show Austin residents are generally happier with city services such as fire, police, library, and parks and recreation than residents of similarly populated cities. But Austin falls behind the national average of satisfaction in an unsurprising category: traffic. Jason Morado, project manager of the Kansas City, Kansas-based ETC Institute, presented the report […]
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TipSheet: City Council, 2.16.17
City Council will hold its regular meeting again today, and below is a list of items we’re watching. In the interest of space, we’ve decided not to post the entire agenda. The Office of the City Clerk posts a copy on its website, here. 5. Authorize negotiation and execution of a professional services agreement with […]
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When the music stops – Pitts speaks following resignation
The city will have to move forward with one of its most ambitious policy efforts ever for promoting local music without the executive who spent seven years working to shape that agenda. Don Pitts, who served as director of the city’s Music and Entertainment Division since 2010, announced his resignation from the position on Tuesday. […]
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Poll shows progress at Development Services
When Rodney Gonzales took over the Development Services Department in April 2015, the Zucker Report had reported customer survey results showing that 82 percent of respondents felt that the city’s development review and plan check processes were unnecessarily cumbersome or complex. In addition, the report said that 81 percent of customers felt that if the processing […]
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Middle-class job growth to be focus of Austin’s economic incentives revision
The city appears set to reform its economic incentives policies so they focus squarely on middle-class jobs that economists and local politicos worry aren’t growing fast enough. Last week, Mayor Steve Adler posted a draft resolution created with City Council members Ellen Troxclair, Ora Houston and Jimmy Flannigan that directs city staff to assemble a […]
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More funding, policy work for Waller Creek in 2017
With work slated to begin later this year on the biggest of the park improvement projects along Waller Creek, there is expected to be a semi-regular drumbeat of news of new funding and collaboration throughout the rest of 2017. Peter Mullan, CEO of the Waller Creek Conservancy, which is overseeing an estimated $220 million in […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council meeting 2.9.2016
TickTock is the sortable transcript of @austinmonitor live Tweets from the most recent Austin City Council meeting. ITEMS 3 8 17 24 26 29 33 34 46 TickTock for Friday, February 10, 2017 Participants: austinmonitor 141 TopherJNeely 3 cubbie9000 2 slyarak 1 THCBikeTours 1 eraycollins 1 juliogatx 1 Thursday, February 09, 2017 9AM Critics call […]