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Beth Cortez-Neavel is a contributing reporter covering Travis County for the Austin Monitor. Beth works in words, data, photography and radio. She's a long-time Austinite living in the District 1 area.
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Stories by Beth Cortez-Neavel
Council presses Austin Energy for details of proposed new building
Austin Energy staff walked through their proposed plan to build a high-priced East Austin headquarters Monday morning. The proposed plan has come under criticism by City Council members and commercial real estate brokers, who are worried about the added burden…
Development • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Jun 24, 2014
Council gives go ahead to develop North Central Corridor Plan
The Austin City Council voted unanimously last week to let city staff begin planning updates to portions of Burnet Road and Anderson Lane in a venture unlike any the city has never embarked on before. Under the North Central…
Development • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Jun 19, 2014
Council holds off on appraisal petition, postpones action until 2015
The Austin City Council backed away from filing a challenge petition over the Travis Central Appraisal District’s commercial property valuation process early Friday, voting instead to postpone any action until 2015. But Council members will not be sitting on…
Development • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Jun 16, 2014
Commissioners scrap petition to challenge commercial appraisals
Over the past two weeks, there has been a quickly escalating debate over the whether the Travis County Commissioner Court should file a challenge petition with the Travis Central Appraisal District regarding the undervaluation of county commercial properties. However,…
Development • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Jun 11, 2014
District Attorney tells Commissioners new law adding to workload
District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg asked the Travis County Commissioner’s Court Tuesday for extra funding to help manage attorney workloads under the state’s new Michael Morton Act. The act, passed by the Texas Legislature during the 2013 session, requires all…
Local Government • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Jun 4, 2014
Travis Commissioners may petition TCAD to level tax assessments
The Travis County Commissioner’s Court held a rare Monday meeting to discuss filing a petition with the Travis Central Appraisal District in response to the public’s anger over a steep rise in residential property taxes. The petition would address…
Development • By Beth Cortez-Neavel • Jun 3, 2014
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Appraisal District chief emphasizes differences with Travis County
The Travis County Commissioner’s Court got a lesson in the inner workings of the Travis Central Appraisal District Tuesday. The Commissioner’s Court has been criticized recently for seemingly washing its hands of the public’s outcry at the steep rise in…
