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Riley presses Water Utility chief on WTP4 costs
Council Member Chris Riley carried the water for the opponents of Water Treatment Plant 4 in a discussion of the Austin Water Utility’s budget Wednesday morning, one of multiple sessions the Council plans to finalize the FY 2010 budget. Riley…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 20, 2009
Planning subcommittee studies proposed ordinance changes
City Planner Robert Heil provided the Planning Commission’s Codes and Ordinances subcommittee with an update Tuesday night on nine proposed ordinances that are moving through the city’s process. Heil went through the list, noting an additional 20 or so ordinance…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 19, 2009
Waller Creek panel to preview master plans for parks, open space
The Waller Creek Citizens Advisory Committee will be the first stop for two major downtown planning documents – a conceptual plan for Waller Creek and a downtown park and open space master plan – before they go for public input…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 19, 2009
Analysis shows zoning time changes might not shorten Council meetings
Anyone who regularly attends City Council meetings knows that, fairly often, zoning hearings can drag on into the evening, and sometimes past midnight. There are a number of variables that can keep Council members past their bedtime, including staff briefings,…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 19, 2009
Higher property values, extra $1 million from AE could lower tax rate
The Austin City Council heard better-than-expected budget numbers at a briefing this morning, allowing the city to roll back the proposed tax rate by almost a penny and promising some relief for city employees worried about being placed on furlough…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 19, 2009
Leffingwell, Martinez propose changes to quicken Council meetings
Not quite two months into their new terms – and multiple Council hearings with 50+ hearings behind them —Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez have proposed new rules to improve the pacing of Council meetings. The most…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 18, 2009
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Cole backs keeping longevity pay for employees in budget
Council Member Sheryl Cole said Monday she believes the city can afford and should pay employees the longevity pay the city’s management team has proposed to cut in an effort to help balance the upcoming budget. City Manager Marc…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 18, 2009
Environmental Board recommends new rules for underground structures
Most people know if you start digging you might hit water. The City of Austin is now finding that it may need to adopt new rules and procedures as dense developments disturb groundwater in its urban core. On…
Uncategorized • By Charles Boisseau • Aug 17, 2009
Austin Energy plan calls for more conservation, renewables by 2020
In a much-anticipated new electric-generation plan being unveiled this week, Austin Energy will propose putting even more emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy and less on coal to meet the city’s future electric power needs. As a result, city…
Uncategorized • By Bill McCann • Aug 17, 2009
Drought, low lake levels, drive city need for greater conservation
Austin counted its 54th day in a row of temperatures at or above 100 degrees on Thursday. It’s hot and dry, but you’re going to have to ask for a glass of water in restaurants in order to get one…
Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Aug 14, 2009
Planning Commission OKs VMU zoning for Burnet, Lamar corridors
Brentwood is one of those neighborhoods, with houses carefully facing away from the major thoroughfares, where the use of vertical mixed-use zoning seems logical. And so it didn’t seem much of a stretch that the neighborhood was willing to submit…
Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Aug 14, 2009
Some want more commitment from city, private funds for Waterloo Park
Waterloo Park dominated discussion at last night’s Waller Creek Citizens Advisory Committee meeting, and not always in the most positive of ways. The Waller Creek Citizens Advisory Committee is at the intersection of several major city efforts. Waller Creek is…
