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Water Commission wants more information about WPT4 construction

The members of the Water and Wastewater Commission last week called on the Austin Water Utility to keep their body more plugged in to the vetting process for the Water Treatment Plant 4 project. Their request covers information about other…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 20, 2010

Travis County to move to paper ballot system after 2012

The Travis County electorate will have the option of voting by paper ballot. It won’t come, however, until after the 2012 general election.That news came as the Commissioners Court voted to go along with the recommendations of a group it…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Oct 20, 2010

Travis commissioners pass subdivision moratorium

Travis County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a temporary moratorium on new plats for subdivisions that plan to use ground water directly from the Trinity Aquifer in western Travis County.   The moratorium is designed to halt major development while the…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 20, 2010

Urban Board split over future course for Block 18 development

Discussion at last night’s Urban Renewal Board meeting focused, in fits and starts, on just where the board would go on Block 18 and beyond.   That discussion included a tense showdown between Chair Ben Sifuentes and former Vice Chair…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 19, 2010

Miffed over tardiness of recycling report, commission calls special meeting

Members of the Solid Waste Advisory Commission will meet in a special called session Wednesday night to review and make recommendations on a staff proposal for changes in the city’s Commercial Multifamily Recycling Ordinance. City Council is scheduled to consider…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 19, 2010

Neighborhood activists upset over direction of Imagine Austin project

A broad discussion has opened up over how Austin’s various neighborhood plans should be accounted for in its forthcoming Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. On one side, some area residents feel as though they’ve been somewhat left out of the process.…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 19, 2010

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Commission urges Council to suspend Hauler License Fee ordinance

Short of breaking the speed limit or ripping the tag off of a mattress, there is probably no law in the City of Austin broken more often than the ordinance requiring a fee to haul construction waste. And after more…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 18, 2010

Planning Commission approves east side studio over strong objections

Discussion about a rezoning case on the east side became surprisingly heated on Tuesday when the Planning Commission met to consider the request of an owner to convert his property into a music recording studio.    The property in question…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Oct 18, 2010

Travis will ask TCEQ to help with Hamilton Pool clean-up

Travis County will ask the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to help pitch in for the ongoing clean-up of Hamilton Pool. County commissioners hope that the state agency will cover a roughly $330,000 gap between the amount of a settlement…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 15, 2010

Three Domain-area rezoning cases win final approval

Neighborhood activist Susan Moffat had to admit to Council yesterday that she was in the unaccustomed position of having to sign up “neutral” as she got up to speak on three rezoning cases for The Domain.   Moffat has been…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 15, 2010

CAPCOG gets federal funds to plan Central Texas regional growth

The City of Austin and 10 area counties have received a $3.7 million grant from a trio of federal agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Transportation. The funds will be…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 15, 2010

Council OKs revamped retirement plan for future city employees

The Council voted Thursday to change retirement benefits for future city employees. If approved by the Legislature next year, the new package would come with a raised retirement age and a longer service requirement for retirees who begin working for…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 15, 2010

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