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Reporter's Notebook: You should see the other guy
CodeNEXT, now… Though in the background (for some people), the CodeNEXT Land Development Code rewrite continues to chug along. And this month: a new milestone! The city has released its draft “Natural and Built Environment Code Prescription” (found in its…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 28, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Same as it ever was
Sharing information… An Austin Monitor reporter received a call Friday from a polling firm conducting a survey on the ongoing debate in Austin over ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft. During a six-minute call, the caller asked a series of questions…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Mar 7, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: STRs forever (and ever)
Airbnb talks SXSW… Once again, short-term rentals are coming back to City Council. With a phase-out of Type 2 short-term rentals still on the table, the industry’s biggest players are working to let Austinites know the value they bring to…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 22, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Petitions, among other things
Pilot Knob, revisited… Over the weekend, City Council’s recent Pilot Knob deal got a lot more ink. As you might remember, the Austin Monitor first wrote about the deal, which will bring affordable housing to the planned unit development, at…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 8, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Late nights and postponements
Late meeting, again… Early in its tenure, the new City Council took pains to promise the public that the era of late Council meetings was over. A year later, that promise has not come to fruition, and Thursday some Council…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Feb 1, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: Oversights and overheads
Mapgate: What we saw… There was little indication at the conclusion of last week’s meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission that Scott Gross, an engineer for the city’s Transportation Department, was in big trouble. After concluding a half-hour presentation…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 25, 2016
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Reporter's Notebook: Peacocks and loose lips
Wherever you go, there you are… Though it seems that former Austin Energy General Manager Larry Weis is eager to put Austin behind him, it looks as though he may be taking a bit of his history with him to…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jan 18, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: The elephant in the closet
Must be a walk-in… At the most recent meeting of the Public Safety Commission, members decided it was time to take matters into their own hands to initiate a conversation about Uber and Lyft and the impact that transportation network…
Reporters' Notebook • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jan 11, 2016
Reporter's Notebook: The squirrel can't help it
Is this on?… He was upfront about recusing himself from the vote, but City Council Member Don Zimmerman didn’t sit quietly during the discussion of legal fees associated with the lawsuit he has filed against the city over campaign finance…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Dec 21, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Departures and Debriefings
That’s that, then … On Friday, the Austin Monitor learned that Richard Viktorin has resigned from his part-time position in City Council Member Ora Houston’s office following her vote on tax incentives for the Circuit of the Americas. Word of…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Dec 14, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Semiconductors & Bible bids
A tech company, a City Council and love… Freescale Semiconductor, which joined Samsung Austin Semiconductor on Nov. 13 in rejecting the contract terms of a special new Austin Energy tariff created by City Council the day before, received a nomination…
City Hall • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 23, 2015
Reporter's Notebook: Games and old friends
Convention center “Ping-Pong”… City Council voted to delay adoption of a proposed master plan for the Austin Convention Center on Thursday, but not before having a discussion on the merits of the potential expansion with some interesting similes. “It’s kind…
