Council Preview: Only Reconnect

Agenda weighed down with zoning

"...1) the Austin Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan; 2) the Customer Assistance Program (directly related to the..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...seem to require both a more nuanced and more comprehensive approach than simply more arrests and prosecutions, "enhanced" or..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Council: Green WTP Redevelopment, and a Few Other Things

APA secures a three-year lease at Town Lake Animal Center

"...like the public hearing on the Imagine Austin Compre­hen­sive Plan – that will likely bring out a crowd. Expect..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 City Council Stories

Dais and months

"...3) Troubled Waters Water Treatment Plant No. 4 could be pumping 150 million gallons a..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Civics 101

Want to make a difference? Here's a good place to start.

"...ISD PUBLIC HEARING on the district's proposed Facility Master Plan; sign up by 6:15pm to speak. 6-8pm. Carruth Administration..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Column

Poison in the Park

Plants and trees in Stacy Park began to die after a Parks and Rec volunteer sprayed herbicide

"...tours of Austin parks that are overrun by the plant and says he's taken many on the tour –..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Hard Choices

City Hall embarks on the bumpy road to social services

"...council gave staff five priorities derived from the city's comprehensive plan – safety net/infrastructure, transition from poverty, problem prevention,..."

May 20, 2011 News Column by Michael King

The Daily Hustle:1/11/11

City Council agenda highlights for Thursday

"...million to offset decommissioning costs for the Holly power plant. Related to Item 7, below. Recommended by the Electric..."

Jan. 11, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Aug. 12-19

"...PUBLIC MEETING: TEXAS TRANSPORTATION PLAN Give feedback on the Texas Department of Transportation's long-range,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

"...Not surprisingly, not everyone is thrilled by the camera plan: John Bush of Texans for Accountable Govern­ment noted that..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature

The Daily Hustle: 4/12/10

Board and commission round-up

"...get a briefing on the Waller Creek District Master Plan...."

April 12, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 4-11

"...AUSTIN'S COLONIAS: INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS AND CITY PLANNING Panelists discuss the regional trend in which many of..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 24-27

"...COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY The city of Aus­tin wants to know..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature

Developing Stories: Great Public Spaces Summit

Dancing in the streets, singing odes to streetscapes

"...the Congress for the New Urbanism and the American Planning Association. "We need to create dynamic public urban spaces..."

July 10, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...range from the constructive (developing a long-term facilities management plan) to the controversial (closing eight schools and slashing pre-K..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature

Getting a Move on Mobility

A peek at Austin's new Strategic Mobility Plan

"...timely, given the need to inform the city's upcoming comprehensive plan and the region's emerging 2035 transportation and land-use..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...on the policy board of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, has been raising hell about changes proposed to..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

BATPAC Begins

New political action committee intent on influencing May council elections emerges

"...it demands "a responsive, inclusive city government that will comprehensively address the critical issues facing Austin." One concrete solution..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Toby Moments

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

"...Katrina's evacuees were fortunate to have as indefatigable a planner and executor as Futrell in charge of operations, and..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Downtown North, Here We Come

Council moves to adopt the North Burnet/Gateway Area Master plan, but UT gets some tweaks.

"...The proposed North Burnet/Gateway Area Master Plan may by the biggest urban development project in Austin..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Error, Take One

"...May 25], contributes to misinformation by claiming "the neighborhood plan is a tool to work with the city, not..."

May 29, 2007 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Big-Box Breakdown

Impact? What impact? The city's slothful retail strategy.

"...in the process, economic activity) in accordance with a comprehensive plan. Whatever you think of the city's big-box performance..."

July 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...growth flies thick in the face of the city's comprehensive plan, Austin Tomorrow, adopted in full in 1979 (some..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Capitol Chronicle

As Gov. Bush moves to D.C. in a wave of acclamation, the Legislature prepares to meet over redistricting and new legislation.

"...whether the Lege will come up with its own plan or hand the tar baby over to the Legislative..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Safety First

Broken-Window Theory

"...release of the mayor's Initiative on the Homeless, a comprehensive plan outlining steps the city must take to address..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature by Bryan Mealer

That Was the Year That Was

Impatience Is a Virtue

"...It was his impatience to act that got new plans adopted (Smart Growth, CSC, Cedar Avenue accord), old plans..."

Jan. 1, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Austin at Large: Does Austin Need SF Zoning?

Or is this status quo protection already obsolete in the City That Never Shrinks?

"...Currently, there is not any kind of real plan for creating that decent housing where it's needed. In..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: The Rules No Longer Apply

Create decent housing for all Austinites (1 million and counting). Is it really so hard?

"...supposedly achieved a decade ago (when Austin adopted its "comprehensive" plan) or longer. I can only wonder, though, if..."

July 2, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...time became enshrined as policy by Austin’s 1928 City Plan, the first comprehensive plan after the Legislature legalized land-use..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Batten Down the Hatches, a New Land Use Code’s Blowin’ In!

Long-awaited draft of post-CodeNEXT revision to go live Friday

"...– and not, we are assured, at 4:59pm as planning staffers at One Texas Center rush down the street..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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