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Travis commissioner proposes to delete historic tax exemption
Travis County Commissioner Ron Davis has moved abruptly to insert the question of tax exemptions for historic homes into the county’s 2011 budget discussion. His action comes on the heels of the Austin Independent School District’s suspension of such exemptions,…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 25, 2010
Historic Landmark Commission OKs historic district for Hyde Park
Just four days after City Council approved a plan to make the Castle Hill neighborhood a local historic district, the Historic Landmark Commission voted unanimously to recommend that Council do the same for Hyde Park. The Hyde Park Local…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 25, 2010
City Hall hosts opposing viewpoints on proposed water rate hike
Two simultaneous presentations at City Hall yesterday shed light on the debate over a proposed residential rate hike for water use in next year’s budget. In one corner stood David Anders, assistant director of the Austin Water Utility, who was…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 25, 2010
Council gives preliminary approval for Central West Austin Plan
Last week, Council split with neighborhood leaders on the future of University of Texas Brackenridge tract and a slice of the Austin State School property during first reading approval of the neighborhood plan for what city planner Paul Di Giuseppe…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 24, 2010
City nearing final decisions on WTP 4 shaft site
Residents from the Spicewood Springs neighborhood in northwest Austin continue to press their case at every opportunity to try and stop or divert the planned Jollyville Transmission Main project for Water Treatment Plant 4 from coming through their area. …
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Aug 24, 2010
Divided ZAP Commission OKs trip limits for medical office plaza
Agent Jim Bennett got the Zoning and Platting Commission to raise the trip limits on his South Austin medical office plaza last week, but he had to go through homeowner Mark Walters to do it. Of course, Walters is…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 23, 2010
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Questions about parks bonds continue to dog Hays commissioners
Questions about the way Hays County distributes proceeds from a 2007 parks and open spaces bond election continue to hang over the proceedings. The latest trouble comes as the Commissioners Court soothed tensions in Dripping Springs by giving its blessing…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 23, 2010
Late action: Council OKs fix for landmark ordinance; closes car wash
The City Council unanimously approved a “temporary” fix for the historic landmark ordinance shortly after midnight. Council Members Randi Shade and Bill Spelman and the staffs did most of the heavy lifting, along with Jerry Rusthoven of the Planning and…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 20, 2010
Cab drivers, UTC begin Council-ordered discussion on taxi issues
In the recent Council-initiated discussion between the city’s Urban Transportation Commission and stakeholders in the Austin taxicab community, flat-rate fares were probably the easiest point of agreement for all concerned. Some other issues may to take a while to reach…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 20, 2010
DA looking at city employees accused of cheating on payroll records
The Travis County District Attorney’s Office has received information on two of five City of Austin employees accused of involvement in falsifying payroll records by City Auditor Kenneth Mory. Assistant District Attorney Gail Van Winkle, chief of the District…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 20, 2010
Decision on Seaholm District wall art contractor delayed again
After some debate about the extent to which it could intervene in the matter, the City Council voted Thursday to withdraw an item granting a $144,000 contract to design the wall that will surround the Austin Energy substation in the…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 20, 2010
Council to consider the city’s largest-ever historic district
The implications of the proposed Castle Hill Historic District on its commercial neighbors, developer Perry Lorenz joked yesterday, were “clear as mud,” although city staff did attempt to ease the apprehension among property owners and developers at the West End…
