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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

Planning Commission reiterates need for new shoreline standards

The Planning Commission took a quick second vote on the proposed bulkhead ordinance this week, the result of a posting error before their last vote on the item in September. (See In Fact Daily, Sept. 30, 2010) At that meeting,…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 14, 2010

Parks board to hear water utility’s request for use of greenbelt

The battle over the city’s Water Treatment Plant 4 project came to the Parks and Recreation Board’s Land, Facilities, and Programs Committee this week, with representatives from the Austin Water Utility and the Spicewood Springs Coalition butting heads over a…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Oct 14, 2010

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Mobility PAC continues push for transportation bond

The Get Austin Moving political action committee continues to push its case for the proposed $90 million transportation bond package on this year’s ballot. On Wednesday, the group held a press conference next to a dirt path along North Lamar…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 14, 2010

Zilker Neighborhood and local café reach accord on outdoor music

Negotiations between the Zilker Neighborhood Association and the South Austin café Opa! have resulted in an agreement modifying the Outdoor Music Venue permit the city granted the café on March 9. The agreement came just days before City Council was…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Oct 13, 2010

Travis considering development moratorium over Trinity Aquifer

The Travis County Commissioners Court has begun to consider an amendment to county code that would temporarily halt some development in the western portion of its jurisdiction. The move, a moratorium on plat approval for any projects that would draw…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 13, 2010

Candidates for Hays County Judge highlight issues at candidate forum

The race for Hays County Judge came to the forefront last night in a multi-office candidate forum, sponsored by the San Marcos chapter of the League of Women Voters, as partisan candidate sniped at each other’s positions on a variety…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Oct 12, 2010

ZAP wants more neighborhood input before rezoning Manchaca tract

The Zoning and Platting Commission has sent attorney Nikelle Meade back to negotiate with homeowners in the Olympia Park neighborhood before considering a zoning change on a two-acre retail property on South Manchaca.   The current state of Manchaca through…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 12, 2010

CAMPO Board hires Maureen McCoy as new director

Maureen McCoy was named to the permanent top spot with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization last night but not without some initial indecisiveness from members of the Transportation Policy Board.   Members insisted it was not a reflection on…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 12, 2010

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