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Existing NCCD wanted by some stakeholders, hated by others With commercial development booming and developers once again looking east of I-35 for sites, competing visions for a large hunk of land are causing divisions between affected factions. The Bennett Tract was to have been the site of a mall fronting I-35 on land stretching from […]

Environmentalists to scramble for money to buy Spillar and Pfluger tracts With Council Member Willie Lewis having departed to get ready to catch a redeye flight to Washington, the rest of the City Council members voted to approve the first of three required readings on the Bradley Settlement last night as the hour was approaching […]

Two week delay gives time to try to buy Spillar and Pfluger tracts for preserve It appears that the City Council will only eat the chips and dip and not the whole enchilada today from the proposed Bradley Settlement. The entire deal if approved would settle litigation and establish development regulations for 3,076 acres of […]

Wildflower Center to be third-party grantee on conservation easement Early this morning, six members of the Planning Commission voted to send the proposed settlement agreement between developer Gary Bradley and the city to the City Council without a recommendation. The vote came about 12:30 a.m., after Commissioners Gwen Webb, Susana Almanza and Ray Vrudhula had […]

Moratorium fails and church files site plan for additional garage The war over the future of Hyde Park has broken out again, following the City Council's failure last Thursday to extend the moratorium on Hyde Park Baptist Church's project. A site plan was filed Friday for an additional parking garage and drainage project. That action […]

Four teams competing for $4 million in fees On Thursday the City Council will authorize negotiation and execution of a $4 million professional services agreement for architectural and engineering design of the new City Hall and Plaza to be built on the site of current City Hall Annex on 2nd Street between Guadalupe and Lavaca. […]

Final public hearing and vote set for March 9 It wasn't the all-night public hearing that sounded the death knell for the Barton Creek Planned Unit Development, but citizens finally turned up the volume to express their feelings about the proposed Bradley Settlement. Last night 66 people signed up to speak at the third public […]

Majority persuaded agreement is better than the risks without it The Water and Wastewater Commission last night voted to recommend the City Council approve the Bradley Settlement, which would end litigation with developer Gary Bradley and settle development rights for more than 3,000 acres of land. The vote was 5-1 with three commissioners absent. Voting […]

Alliance names seven objections and hopes they'll be fixed After months of study, the Save Our Springs Alliance has finally taken a position on the proposed Bradley Settlement, covering development rights for more than 3,000 acres of land and settling litigation with developer Gary Bradley. While the organization lauds both city and Bradley for the […]

Lewis favors the proposal and Griffith questions it Council Member Willie Lewis said Monday he supports a proposal to put a resort hotel and golf course at Lake Walter Long on the May ballot. Lewis said, "Based on what we've done (with the park property) for the last 30 years, I don't think it's a […]

Meanwhile developers to seek more community input Developers who hope to build a golf course and resort hotel on park land at Lake Walter Long say they will ask the City Council to consider putting the question on the May ballot during the March 9 council meeting. Previously, Larry Beard, Mark Levy and Pierre Gagne […]

Boards and commissions expected to vote on deal next week The city's Environmental Board got an up-close and personal briefing Wednesday night on the proposed Bradley Settlement that if approved would end litigation and set development rules for more than 3,000 acres to be annexed into the city. The two-hour session allowed Environmental Board members […]