The Austin Free Press reported on Mayor Watson’s plan to fast-track the purchase of two buildings for almost $108 Million Dollars to house the Police, Fire, and EMS. The proposed purchase was announced on October 11 by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and is going to be voted on less than two weeks later, on Thursday, October ...
In a Vote Thursday, Austin City Council voted to give height and density bonuses to bar and personal improvement districts as though they are providing housing. In the continued drive to offer developers bonuses like the DB90 and the ETOD automatic upzonings, that allow very tall buildings next to homes, the city passed on Thursday an ordinance ...
There is a proposal in the works to replace single-family homes with commercial uses without requiring a zoning change. You are probably aware that Mayor Watson’s council, with the Passage of H.O.M.E. 1 and 2, has eliminated single-family zoning across the city by allowing at least 3 units on every lot and as many as nine or ...
In prior messages, we alerted you to the Council’s newly adopted “Density Bonus” zoning, which allows developers to apply for a massive amount of height and density in exchange for a modest amount of affordable housing (only 10-12% of the units). It is called Density Bonus 90 (DB90) because it authorizes mixed-use structures as high as ...
Mayor Kirk Watson and the City Council got caught violating rules designed to promote open, transparent, participatory democracy again. At a hearing on August 29th, Judge Maya Gamble said: “It is very clear to me that the Austin City Council chose to violate the Open Meetings Act with its title of the meeting, with its ...