Trio of groups offer up designs for new Central Library

Three potential teams promised the right Central Library at yesterday’s Council meeting, but only one will be picked to move forward on the city’s next landmark.   If City Hall was the monument to former Mayor Kirk Watson’s administration, then…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 24, 2008

Hays Commissioners face continuing conundrum of illegal subdivisions

A divided Hays County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve a variance for 10.66 acres near Dripping Springs, allowing what was essentially an illegal subdivision to become normalized and re-opening a contentious debate about the court’s power of intervention.…

Uncategorized • By Jacob Cottingham • Oct 24, 2008

Commission seeks audit of ill-fated recycling facility

Members of Solid Waste Advisory Commission revealed at a work session last night that they plan to call on either City Manager Marc Ott or the City Council to perform a management audit of Solid Waste Services to determine if…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 23, 2008

Judge refuses to block firefighting agreement, sets hearing date

A state district judge on Wednesday declined to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the Austin City Council from acting on an inter-local agreement with the Westlake Fire Department during today’s Council meeting. However, the Austin Firefighters Association will…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Oct 23, 2008

AISD seeks tax hike to fund teacher raises

The Austin Independent School District will go to the voters on Election Day for a tax ratification election that would tack an extra 3.9 cents to the current rollback tax rate, bringing Austin’s tax rate to $1.20 per hundred-dollar valuation.…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 23, 2008

Mayor announces agreement on new energy conservation plan

After more than eight months of study and frequent heated debate between realtors and environmentalists—as well as a supporting role in last spring’s City Council elections—a new energy conservation plan has finally emerged to the singing of “Kumbaya.”   The…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 22, 2008

Subscribe to our newsletter

Subscribe

Firefighters may sue city over use of Westlake ESD

The Austin Firefighters Association plans to file a lawsuit this morning in an attempt to block the City of Austin from renewing an agreement with the Westlake Fire Department. AFD officials say the agreement with Emergency Services District 9 is…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Oct 22, 2008

Voting off to a strong start in Travis County

The Associated Press reported that voters turned out in record numbers from Houston to El Paso on Monday in what many believe will be a vote of unprecedented proportions in Texas. And Travis County was no exception.   Whether it’s…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 21, 2008

Environmental Board recommends OK for Wildflower PUD

By carefully crossing all their t’s and dotting all their i’s, the developers of the 265-acre Wildflower Commons planned unit development (PUD) earned a recommendation for a number of variances from the Environmental Board last week.   The project, located…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Oct 21, 2008

Proposition 2 rhetoric gets louder as Early Voting gets underway

Supporters and opponents of Proposition 2 on the Austin ballot stepped up their campaigns on Monday as early voting got underway in Travis County. Members of Stop Domain Subsidies used literature produced by Simon Property Group opposing city subsidies for…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Oct 21, 2008

Council sets stage for development of North Burnet/Gateway area

At last week’s meeting, the Austin City Council seeded the ground for the growth of the North Burnet/Gateway neighborhood, an area city leaders have come to refer to as Austin’s second downtown. Of course, the creation of the second downtown…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Oct 20, 2008

Residents get hearing but no help on tower from Hays County

When Hays County Commissioners took up an agenda item to change language in the county’s flood damage prevention order last week, it provided an opening for a resident of Regal Oaks and a Verizon attorney to exchange words over a…

Uncategorized • By Jacob Cottingham • Oct 20, 2008

« Previous Page — Next Page »