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…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 30, 2010

Lakeside residents make waves as board backs bulkhead ordinance

To the dismay of some Lake Austin residents, new regulations for building bulkheads on the shoreline sailed through the Austin Parks and Recreation Board last week. The board voted 6-0 to recommend approval of a proposed ordinance that changes the…

Uncategorized • By Laurel Chesky • Aug 30, 2010

Council splits over historic zoning for UT area cottage

Council members remanded a controversial zoning case in the Grooms Addition back to Planning Commission Thursday for further review, even though the vote tally appeared to make it close to impossible to save the home from demolition.   The Callan-Boswell…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 27, 2010

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Council up late for heated public hearing on water rates, WTP4

City Council settled in for a late night last night, as community concern over proposed water rate hikes and the construction of the controversial Water Treatment Plant 4 took over a public hearing on the FY2010-2011 proposed budget, a hearing…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Aug 27, 2010

Commissions tackle contentious 909 Congress development

The mid-block redevelopment of 909 Congress Avenue promises to be a tough case for the Planning Commission when it arrives mid-September.   New CURE-zoned construction downtown, such as the Austonian and the Frost Bank tower, has been hard fought, with…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 26, 2010

Tempers flare over the future of South Congress

In a heated meeting Tuesday night hosted by the city’s planning, transportation, and public works departments, residents, area merchants, and city staff seemed to agree on just one thing: That parking problems on South Congress Avenue need to be addressed.…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Aug 26, 2010

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

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