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Balcones Canyonland Conservation Plan: Established in 1996, the Balcones Canyonland Conservation Plan set rights and standards for incidental "take" of eight endangered species, jointly, for the City of Austin and Travis County.
City Manager Marc Ott: Ott was hired by Council members in 2008 and served in that position until his 2016 departure.
Flint Ridge Cave: A geologic feature that may play host to local "species of concern"; animals whose existence is threatened in one way or another. The feature is located along the proposed route of SH45SW.
SH45SW: A controversial road project that supporters argue would ease traffic traveling through areas of far Southwest Travis and far Southeastern Hays County. Opponents argue that the environmental impact of the effort, which runs close to sensitive land, is not worth that risk. The debate over the issue goes back as far as the mid-1980s.