Tag Archives: Ryan Alter

Ryan Alter looks back on accomplishments of 2024

District 5 Council Member Ryan Alter is proud of City Council’s many accomplishments in 2024, starting with what is obviously one of his favorite topics: housing. “I think first and foremost, we as a Council made some really important strides…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Dec 26, 2024

Benefits of urban trees justify projected price tag for city’s tree inventory plan

Funding to conduct an inventory of Austin’s public trees did not make it into this year’s budget as a City Council-approved resolution called for, but city officials say cost recommendations should be ready for the next budget cycle. An Oct.…

Environment • By Amy Smith • Oct 18, 2024

Ryan Alter reflects on 'tangible results' of his first year in office

When Council Member Ryan Alter was running for office in 2022, he stressed the need for housing affordability, specifically rejecting the slow approach favored by his predecessor. When he came into office in January, he began to work on that…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Jan 3, 2024

Leslie Pool takes question of water extension requests off Council agenda

City Council Member Leslie Pool notified her colleagues that she has withdrawn her request that the group consider a controversial item related to the extension of water and wastewater service in the city’s Drinking Water Protection Zone and outside the…

City Council • By Jo Clifton • Aug 18, 2023

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Economic Development staff opts to withhold music census data from city data portal

Staffers in the Economic Development Department have declined to publish data from the most recent census of the Austin music ecosystem on the city’s open data portal, despite a request to do so from the Music Commission and the support…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 28, 2023

In D5, Ryan Alter hopes to bring momentum to city operations

Ryan Alter will bring a state-level perspective to City Hall next year when he takes over representing District 5 from Ann Kitchen, the two-term City Council member who was term-limited and unable to run in November. As a policy analyst…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 27, 2022

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