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Neighbors at the Steiner Ranch subdivision are gearing up for a fight over a proposed mixed use development but on Tuesday night they lost the first round. Sarah Crocker, agent for the developer, convinced the Zoning and Platting Commission…
A divided Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors voted Wednesday to move forward with the agency’s new Water Management Plan. It will be back for a final look in January before the board sends it to the Texas Commission…
The Downtown Commission gave attorney Steve Drenner another win last night on CURE zoning for a 380-foot downtown tower that features office and hotel space. The proposed site, which would combine the former Hickory Street Bar & Grill and…
The advisory Electric Utility Commission (EUC) on Monday recommended that more than $20 million be cut from Austin Energy’s proposed $1.136 billion revenue requirement that the utility says it needs to operate its system annually. The recommended cuts include…
The state’s current drought could have long-lasting and far-reaching effects on Austin’s environment and economy, not to mention nearby agricultural production, if it continues for much longer. At the City Council work session yesterday, Austin Water Utility Director Greg Meszaros…
Members of the Urban Transportation Commission have thrown their support behind a pilot program to bring electric low-speed vehicles (ELSV) to downtown. If Council approves a measure amending city regulations to allow for the operation of such vehicles on second…
The race for the Travis County Pct. 3 Commissioner Republican slot on the November 2012 ballot was looking like a relatively quiet affair until last week. Then, the addition of former Commissioner Gerald Daugherty to the contest turned it into…
School administrators laid out new options to relieve crowding in North Central Austin elementary schools at a Saturday morning community forum, another attempt to get a handle on Austin Independent School District’s changing facility needs. Superintendent Meria Carstarphen has…
The city’s Waterfront Planning Advisory Board, after receiving assurances that any regulations it passes will trump those contained in the East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan, proceeded to ask plenty of pointed questions about the proposed plan at last week’s meeting.…
Against staff recommendation, the Planning Commission has opted to recommend creation of the Central Austin-University Area Zoning Overlay District. The vote was 7-0-1, with Commissioner Dave Anderson abstaining and Commissioner Alfonso Hernandez absent. The purpose of the zoning overlay…
Bastrop State Park, the legendary 6,000-acre stand of loblolly pine trees and stunning views somehow misplaced by providence, remains a charred landscape six weeks after Labor Day wildfires devastated the area. But armed with a private foundation grant – seed…
The Travis County Commissioners Court continued to indulge budgetary squabbles between the county’s Justices of the Peace at its weekly meeting on Tuesday. There, over the objections of County Judge Sam Biscoe and Pct. 1 Commissioner Ron Davis, the court…
