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Road construction suggestions Aquifer district directors want better water quality measures Directors of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) learned last week that the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDoT) is not following design recommendations and may not employ water quality measures recommended by a task force for improvements of US 290 into Oak […]

Solution for Brodie Tract Slusher, Griffith vote no, hope for more changes On a compromise worked out at the last minute by Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman, the City Council gave preliminary approval yesterday to a zoning change that would allow development on a sensitive piece of the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. But developer Larry […]

Options for managing BCP PARD staff already stretched thin, Wynn says Council Member Will Wynn, Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman and Mayor Kirk Watson want City Manager Jesus Garza to review management of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP), which is currently done through the Parks & Recreation Department (PARD). If their idea receives City Council […]

Frate Barker Rd. from bond ballot With Biscoe chaning his mind, majority opposes ballot item Travis County Commissioners pulled Frate Barker Road off the November ballot yesterday, but not before questions were raised about how the controversial road project got so far without the City of Austin’s approval. The court was already split on the […]

From Mopac technical advisors Proceed with northern extension, delay SH 45 South The CAMPO Policy Action Committee agreed Monday to approve a subset of the recommendations made by a Mopac technical team last month and set a public hearing on Nov. 19 for all the other recommendations. Two members of Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization—State […]

Board decision, upholding city staff Reagan loses repair permit on sign it had removed The City Council Thursday handed Reagan National Advertising a sound defeat in its battle to keep competitors from taking over sign locations around the city. On a vote of 5-0-1, with Council Member Danny Thomas abstaining and Mayor Kirk Watson absent, […]

TxDOT's plans, says Barrientos Consultant suggests adding another agency CAMPO committee members agreed yesterday that it would take a lot more than a two-hour meeting to come to consensus on additional alternatives for Mopac. A seven-member technical team, hired by CAMPO, spent a week reviewing the Texas Department of Transportation’s four options on Mopac, with […]

Get ready for tighter budgets Defer new programs, leave vacancies open Travis County Commissioners Court yesterday approved a letter asking department heads and appointed officials to anticipate tighter budgetary times ahead. The request comes in the wake of the Sept. 11th tragedy, which has sharply cut into dividends on the county’s stock market investments. County […]

Diverse members of community Public safety is first priority among many Former City Council Member Gus Garcia officially launched his campaign to become Austin’s next Mayor on Monday after delaying his original announcement, which had been scheduled for September 11th. Garcia was flanked by some of the major figures in Austin’s political scene like Mayor […]

Vote on HolIy Neighborhood Plan Activists, property owners have different visions for area Members of the new Planning Commission got their first look at the Holly Neighborhood Plan (NP) last week and decided the staff needed more input from neighborhood residents and the commission needed to hear more from those who had worked on the […]

For land near Town Lake, Seaholm Seasoned activists beat out downtown boosters Thursday night’s 4-3 City Council vote to reject a request by Lumbermen’s Investment Corp. to build a 180-foot building at the intersection of West Cesar Chavez and the Lamar Bridge was a triumph of aging activists over downtown designers and business interests. Even […]

Seek more neighborhood input Edgemond, Baker live in area Plans for a Smart Housing complex at the former Garden Terrace Nursing Home in South Austin hit a roadblock at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission (ZAP) as the project’s organizers were told to renotify the neighborhood, hold another public meeting and bring […]