KEY POINTS: On April 4, Bill Bunch confronted Austin Mayor Kirk Watson on the dais about the city council’s policy limiting citizen communication, and Bunch took the city to court and won The council passed a new public-participation ordinance in response, but it falls short of fixing City Hall’s transparency problem The final version of ...
KEY POINTS: On May 16, the Austin City Council will vote on Phase 2 of “H.O.M.E.”, Compatibility Reductions and ETOD overlays and upzonings, plans that will impact neighborhoods throughout Austin, raise taxes, and displace vulnerable residents Concerned residents should register online to attend the meeting and speak out publicly against the plan See below for ...
KEY POINTS: The Austin City Council is proposing to greatly reduce compatibility standards, which control the distance between huge buildings and single-family homes In some cases, the proposal would allow 90-foot buildings just 75 feet from existing homes To support their plan, city officials are misleading Austinites by citing inaccurate data Years ago, a community ...
KEY POINTS: The City of Austin’s new ETOD districts will rezone more than 1,000 homes and businesses in a wide swath around Project Connect’s Phase 1 transit lines The zoning changes will promote incompatible developments within neighborhoods and near schools According to a city memo, Austin’s existing ETODs have displaced people of color, increased populations ...
Necessary Background: Land Code Changes Passed in 2023 (H.O.M.E.NEXT Phase 1) Mayor Kirk Watson and the city council split their H.O.M.E.NEXT neighborhood rezoning for redevelopment resolution into two phases. They passed Phase 1 on December 7, with Alison Alter and Mackenzie Kelly voting against it. Here is what it did: More dwelling units on single-family lots Structures closer ...