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City offers reward for information about Barton Springs sewage spill
The Austin Water Utility and the Austin Police Department will be offering a $5,000 reward for information leading investigators to the perpetrators of a crime that endangered the environment as well as public health, according to AWU Director Greg Meszaros.…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 12, 2010
Library panel approves proposed budget increase for FY 2011
The Austin Public Library system, which has taken the brunt of several rounds of city budget cuts over the past few years, could finally see that turn around in 2011. Financial manager Dana McBee told the Library Commission this week…
Uncategorized • By Josh Rosenblatt • May 11, 2010
South Austin residents push CAMPO to fund completion of SH 45 SW
Discussion of the CAMPO 2035 plan at last night’s Transportation Policy Board hearing focused almost exclusively on State Highway 45 Southwest, with some South Austin residents demanding that the planning agency halt the delays and build the road. The…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • May 11, 2010
Aquifer district looking for spill answers
Dr. Brian Smith, the Aquifer Science Team Leader with the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, told In Fact Daily Monday that his organization was still in the preliminary stages of reviewing the incident that resulted in 250,000 gallons of raw…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 11, 2010
Sunset Valley residents on wells advised to boil water
The hefty sewage spill that caused a precautionary closure of Barton Springs Sunday evening appears to also have had deeper consequences. On Monday morning, the Austin Water Utility issued a release that advised “(A)rea residents in Sunset Valley and those…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 10, 2010
Sunset Valley residents on wells advised to boil water
The hefty sewage spill that caused a precautionary closure of Barton Springs Sunday evening appears to also have had deeper consequences. On Monday morning, the Austin Water Utility issued a release that advised “(A)rea residents in Sunset Valley and those…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 10, 2010
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Sewage leak closes Barton Springs Pool
City officials have closed Barton Springs Pool due to concerns related to a large sewage spill in the Circle C subdivision. Officials say that vandals blocked a manhole, resulting in the release of about 250,000 gallons of wastewater near the…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • May 10, 2010
Commission looks to clarify code on waivers and variances
The Zoning and Platting Commission intends to send a message for the Planning Commission and City Council to consider: Let’s take another look at what’s considered a waiver and what’s considered a variance in our city code. ZAP has…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • May 10, 2010
Committee examines Barton Springs Zone redevelopment expansion
The City of Austin continues to wrestle with how to approach development in the areas covered by the 1992 Save Our Springs (SOS) ordinance. The most recent pertinent case came before a subcommittee of the Environmental Board on Tuesday. Though…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • May 7, 2010
Cap Metro responds to Sunset Advisory Commission audit
You could describe the Capital Metro situation with any number of easy proverbs. The proof is in the pudding. The devil is in the details. Actions speak louder than words. Or, as Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) noted in a…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • May 7, 2010
Board decision could have impact on Austin remodels
The Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals took two separate actions this week that may well have an effect on how Austin defines the term remodel. In the first, they upheld a stop work order that had been issued…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • May 7, 2010
Community survey sheds light on local priorities
Austinites are not afraid to express their opinions — just ask Council members at 11pm after they’ve listened to the 43rd environmental activist testify against planting non-native shrubs outside a new pizza emporium. However, city officials gathering public input…
