Commissioners nix Hamilton Pool Road redesign

On Tuesday, Travis County Commissioners Court acted to halt proposed safety improvements to Hamilton Pool Road. In the process, Pct. 3 Commissioner Karen Huber attached an amendment instructing staff to hold 2005 bond funds that might have been spent on…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 2, 2010

Travis TNR Director Geiselman handles broad list of responsibilities

Travis County Commissioners get most of the attention when it comes to making decisions for the county’s future, but more often than not the responsibility for carrying out those decisions falls to Transportation and Natural Resources Executive Director Joe Gieselman.…

Uncategorized • By Jacob Cottingham • Jun 1, 2010

Morrison continues to object as Council approves East Block rezoning

A little more than month ago City Council voted to approve on first reading the rezoning of the East Block property on West Sixth Street over the objections of Council Member Laura Morrison. Last Thursday Council took up the rezoning…

Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • Jun 1, 2010

Council reviews Ott, renews annual salary with no raise

City Manager Marc Ott, even a month ago, probably had no idea he would spend his annual review not only with Council members behind closed doors but also with speakers who would publicly criticize his treatment of the minority community.…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • May 28, 2010

Council vote could bring changes to taxi franchise system

After months of pitched debate over the issue, the Council agreed Thursday to five-year extensions for the city’s franchise agreements with Austin Cab and Yellow Cab. With the action, Council members took the first steps toward aligning the deals that…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • May 28, 2010

Council questions Law Department, others over KeyPoint issues

The City Council got a chance Thursday to publicly question its legal department about the series of steps that led to last week’s sudden release of the independent report associated with Officer Leonardo Quintana’s shooting of Nathaniel Sanders. As part…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • May 28, 2010

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Property owners question value of transferring development rights

A proposal to use development rights to preserve the buildings in downtown’s warehouse district got significant push back from property owners Tuesday night.   The Planning Commission intended to discuss the preservation of the warehouse district as part of a…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • May 27, 2010

City staff hears concerns about East 11th and 12th streets

The question at last night’s “corridor” forum was a whole lot clearer than the answer: Where should the city go from here with, or without, the tri-party agreement to redevelop East 11th and 12th streets in East Austin? Last night’s…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • May 27, 2010

TDS, city joust over MRF disqualification

On Wednesday morning, city staff and representatives from Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) finally met for a complete version of the appeal hearing concerning the company’s disqualification from the city’s ongoing Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) request for proposal (RFP) process (see…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • May 27, 2010

Labor intensive fountain-turned-splash pad to reopen June 15

If all goes well, the popular Liz Carpenter Fountain will reopen in three weeks. But it will be closed two days per week and may need 40 to 50 labor hours per week in maintenance.   “We plan to reopen…

Uncategorized • By Laurel Chesky • May 26, 2010

County issues first FY2011 revenue estimates, projects tax hike

Travis County commissioners have received their first look at projected revenue numbers for FY2011. Those figures include $336.6 million in property tax revenues. That number is, in turn, based on a projected 3.61-cent increase in the maintenance and operations (M&O)…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • May 26, 2010

Declining development revenues hitting city budget hard

The current state of the City of Austin‘s budget is not nearly as bad as it is projected to be next year, according to the city’s budget office. In fact, the most recent budget forecast for FY2010 indicates a $2.1…

Uncategorized • By John Davidson • May 26, 2010

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