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Aquifer district position Board avoids acrimony in unanimous vote By Beth Nelson The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Board voted unanimously last night to accept the resignation of General Manager Stovy Bowlin, who has served as GM since February 1999. The board also voted unanimously to hire Bowlin as a consultant to help with the […]

On MoPac stakeholder plan Vote on SH45 South set for Dec. 10 The CAMPO special committee on MoPac Loop 1/183 will have another chance to review the recommendations of the technical advisory group that was brought in last summer to study options for improving the flow of traffic on the road. (See In Fact Daily, […]

Choices in East Austin rezonings The question of sub-districts lingers The Planning Commission has recommended dozens of zoning changes—including a substantial number of downzonings and provisions to promote urban infill development—for two Eastside neighborhoods. Zoning changes associated with neighborhood plans for the Central East Austin Neighborhood and the Rosewood Neighborhood plans were passed with little […]

Recommend Bear Lake PUD Bluffstone PUD wins support; Wildhorse vote postponed The Environmental Board sat through presentations on three Planned Unit Developments (PUD) Wednesday night, voting to recommend one and postpone another. On the final presentation, a proposed development by Stratus Properties, the Board voted on two separate motions, but after voting to extend the […]

Con on pipeline study Some say public comment should be longer Lower Colorado River Authority staffers heard opinions from northern Hays County residents and environmentalists Tuesday night on the agency’s draft environmental impact study on the proposed water pipeline to Hays County. (See In Fact Daily, Oct. 31, 2001.) While some Goldenwood subdivision residents called […]

New impervious cover rules After nearly a year of tinkering with numbers, the Environmental Board voted last week to adopt a new recommendation regarding impervious cover assumptions for single-family homes. After rescinding their recommendation from last May, the Board voted 7-0 to send a new recommendation to the City Council. Board Member Ramon Alvarez was […]

Marked by laughter and tears Long good-byes for Austin's Supermayor Outgoing Mayor Kirk Watson received an emotional send-off from fellow members of the City Council, city staff, friends, family and supporters at the close of his final regular meeting of the Council on Thursday. Watson will officially step down this afternoon once the votes are […]

New landfill siting ordinance Committee to report in one month The protests from waste management companies over a proposed landfill-siting ordinance were enough for County Judge Sam Biscoe Tuesday to call for a working committee on the topic. County Commissioners took an executive session to discuss it and then unanimously agreed to call for the […]

All bond proposals pass Vote count extra slow; Turnout heavier than expected Gus Garcia’ s victory in yesterday’s mayoral race was not achieved this month, nor during the short campaign for the post. While Mayor Kirk Watson sets off on his quest to be Texas Attorney General, Garcia picks up public service after only a […]

All sides working to turn out the vote Austin voters go to the polls today to select one of eight candidates to be the city’s next Mayor. Turnout in the special election to replace Mayor Kirk Watson is expected to be five to ten percent. Voters in Austin and the rest of Travis County will […]

Challenges Council goals Northeast neighborhood has valid petition against zoning Plans for an affordable housing development in northeast Austin won preliminary approval on first reading from the City Council last week, but not by a large enough margin to overcome a valid petition. Neighbors want to prevent the Community Partnership for the Homeless from building […]

Postponed for third time Neighborhood opposition still strong The City Council postponed the third reading of zoning changes for the Dawson Neighborhood plan for the third time Thursday. Withdrawing his original motion to approve the zoning and infill provisions, Council Member Daryl Slusher made another motion to postpone the vote until December 6, which was […]