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Environmental Board backs controversial variance on Lake Austin lot
Despite fervent opposition from neighbors, a “comedy of errors” by city staff and an eyebrow-raising sequence of events, the Environmental Board last week recommended approval of a request for a variance to the city’s Land Development Code for a landowner…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 7, 2010
County eyes suspending new subdivisions to develop groundwater rules
Travis County officials, with an eye toward future population growth, are looking to address issues of groundwater availability, particularly in the western part of the county. Toward that end, commissioners are considering suspending, through Oct. 31, 2011, approval of…
Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Sep 3, 2010
Austin’s first Net Zero Energy subdivision featured on DIY Channel
Last night, one of the DIY Channel’s newest shows, This New House, profiled Solutions Oriented Living, the first Net Zero energy subdivision in Austin. To celebrate, Council Member Sheryl Cole, residents, various city officials, and the builder gathered in the…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Sep 3, 2010
Hays County reconfigures award process for 2007 parks bonds
The Hays County Commissioners Court has acted to formally revamp the procedure by which it will award money raised in a 2007 parks and open spaces bond initiative. Tuesday’s unanimous vote opens a 31-day window during which interested parties can…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Sep 2, 2010
Zilker Neighborhood continues appeal of café’s outdoor music permit
Lost in the shuffle of last week’s long and testy Council meeting was the postponement of an appeal regarding an Outdoor Music Venue permit for South Austin café Opa! But the postponement does not signal successful negotiations between the Zilker…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Sep 2, 2010
Austin begins public portion of its solid waste master plan
A group of about 100 interested people took part in the first city-sponsored workshop for Austin’s future solid waste master plan Tuesday night. The event, hosted by the city’s Solid Waste Services Department, featured an early glimpse at both the…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Sep 1, 2010
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Longtime county employee Joe Gieselman to retire
Joe Gieselman, executive manager of Travis County’s Transportation and Natural Resources Department, announced during Tuesday’s County Commissioners meeting that he plans to retire early next year, after nearly four decades with the county. “It’s time for me to move…
Uncategorized • By Michelle Jimenez • Sep 1, 2010
Planning Commission puts off discussion of eastside urban renewal
Eastside neighborhoods are looking for their chance to weigh in, again, on the tri-party agreement and the urban renewal process along East 12th Street. The Planning Commission’s Neighborhood Plan subcommittee scheduled a discussion of urban renewal issues on its…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Sep 1, 2010
West End group wants traffic to run slower through its business district
The West End Austin Alliance, like the Texas Department of Transportation, is grappling with how to get traffic into and out of downtown more efficiently. Last night, TxDOT began lane reconfigurations to add more capacity to the traffic bottleneck…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 31, 2010
Oak Hill homeowners try to rally behind town center
The Oak Hill Association of Neighborhoods (OHAN) took a message to neighborhood homeowners on Saturday: If Oak Hill wants a town center, the community needs to step it up and come together now to negotiate with developers. Talk of…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 31, 2010
Get Austin Moving PAC kicks off effort to pass 2010 Transportation Bonds
Seems like everyone gripes about the transportations problems in Austin, but now some familiar names are lining up to try and do something about it. The Get Austin Moving political action committee opened its campaign Monday to help pass…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 31, 2010
Council seeks to ease cable viewers’ conversion to digital channels
The city took a small but significant step into the future Thursday. City Council voted to approve a resolution directing the city manager to take steps to protect Time Warner Cable subscribers’ continued access to Austin Public, Education and Government…
