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Pilot Knob zoning approved without fee waivers
With the threat of litigation hanging over their heads, City Council members on Thursday gave final approval to zoning for the Southeast Travis County Pilot Knob/Easton Park development. The vote was 9-1-1, with Council Member Don Zimmerman voting no and…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Nov 11, 2016
Pilot Knob could face yet another lawsuit
City Council is poised to move forward once again Thursday on the Pilot Knob/Easton Park planned unit development and affordable housing agreement that Judge Stephen Yelenosky voided in October. But Council members should know that the same civic activist who…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Nov 8, 2016
Pilot Knob decision affects posting for Grove
After Judge Stephen Yelenosky’s Friday ruling in favor of activist Brian Rodgers in his lawsuit against the city, Rodgers’ attorney Bill Aleshire emailed Assistant City Attorney Michael Siegel. Aleshire noted that he is on vacation and that upon his return,…
Pilot Knob ruling seems to have little effect on city development deal
In a late Friday ruling, a district judge sided with a local activist against the city of Austin, voiding a December vote taken by City Council members on the housing development Pilot Knob. Called Easton Park, the development plans to…
Development • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Oct 19, 2016
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Rodgers prevails in Pilot Knob suit against city
After hearing arguments earlier this month, Judge Stephen Yelenosky ruled against the city on Friday in activist Brian Rodgers’ lawsuit over the Pilot Knob planned unit development, according to the Austin American-Statesman. City Council voted at a meeting last December…
Judge considers Rodgers' Pilot Knob claims
How much notice should the City Council agenda provide to citizens who want to know what Council is doing that may impact their taxes and water rates? That’s one of the questions Judge Stephen Yelenosky will have to answer when…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Oct 3, 2016
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Suit: Pilot Knob vote violated state, federal law
Civic activist Brian Rodgers has amended the lawsuit he initially filed in February against the city of Austin, challenging the city’s entire scheme for financing water and wastewater improvements at the controversial Pilot Knob development in Southeast Travis County. Rodgers’…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Aug 3, 2016
City strikes back on Pilot Knob lawsuit
Though downtown has been almost completely colonized by South by Southwest, a development in the Pilot Knob lawsuit filed by Brian Rodgers last month managed to break through the tech fog Monday. Taking into account the March 22 settlement deadline…
Courts • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 15, 2016
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Kanin on Council: Pilot Knob revisited
The Austin Monitor‘s Michael Kanin speaks to KUT’s Jimmy Maas about the Austin City Council’s decision to revisit an affordable housing deal that passed in December known as Pilot Knob and what the second go-round could mean for Austinites.
Radio • By Michael Kanin • Mar 4, 2016
Council starts Pilot Knob amendments
City Council voted 10-1 Thursday to start the amendment process on the affordable housing portion of the zoning ordinance that created the Pilot Knob planned unit development in Southeast Travis County. Council Member Don Zimmerman voted no. Council initiated the…
City Council • By Jo Clifton • Mar 4, 2016
The nitty-gritty of a Pilot Knob reconsideration
City Council members will decide today whether to revisit an affordable housing deal approved by vote in December. And how they might re-table the deal is a bit mystifying. Council Member Ellen Troxclair is proposing an amendment that would initiate…
City Council • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Mar 3, 2016
Rodgers offers to settle Pilot Knob suit with city
Bill Aleshire, who represents civic activist Brian Rodgers in his open meetings lawsuit against the city over the handling of the Pilot Knob case, has offered to settle the suit. Rodgers is asking the city to rescind its action or…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Feb 24, 2016
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