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By michaelOctober 16, 2019ATX Citizen

This Week at the ATX Council (October 17, 2019): Homeless Continued

For this week’s take on the Austin City Council meeting, we will focus only on the homeless items, as that issue has the most interest among our readers, and the proposals are wildly confusing for…

By michaelOctober 3, 2019ATX Citizen

CodeCronk, Part 2: Code reform that’s worthy of support

In the first piece in this series, we detailed the history of Austin’s “Land Use Development Code.” If you’ve yet to read it, we recommend doing so; it will help you make sense of this…

By michaelOctober 2, 2019ATX Citizen

This Week at the ATX Council (October 3) – Homeless Work Program and Composting

This Week at the Austin City Council #ATXAgendaAware By Michael Searle, Executive Director, Austin Civic Fund October 2, 2019 City Council Agenda for October 3, 2019 HOMELESS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (Item 13) What does this item…

By michaelSeptember 26, 2019ATX Citizen

Austin’s Land Development Code: What is all the fuss?

Today, in Austin, if a property owner wants to improve their property, get a zoning change, or even build a garage apartment, they will almost certainly have to hire a high-priced lobbyist to navigate the…

By michaelSeptember 19, 2019ATX Citizen

Homeless Confusion: City Council’s Actions This Week Leave Many Scratching Their Heads

Austin is perhaps as united around an issue as we ever have been. The massive outcry against City Council’s short-sighted homelessness edicts has been loud and persistent, bipartisan and colorblind, and citywide. What City leaders…