Austin Energy seeks input on how to meet future power needs

Austin Energy has announced an eight-month program to gain public input on its options for future power generation. Mayor Will Wynn and Austin Energy General Manager Roger Duncan unveiled the “Austin Smart Energy” Public Participation Process Tuesday, whcih will include…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 24, 2008

California company eyes Creedmoor-Maha territory

The San Jose Water Company, a California-based company, is in “very, very, very preliminary discussions” with the Creedmoor-Maha Water Company about possibly taking over some of the area the co-op currently maintains in Northern Hays and southern Travis counties. Although…

Uncategorized • By Jacob Cottingham • Sep 23, 2008

Board members question price of Cap Metro’s downtown office space

Some members of the Capital Metro board think the agency may be paying too much for property it leases in downtown Austin. Austin Council Member Mike Martinez raised the issue Monday at work session, questioning why agency staff was proposing…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 23, 2008

Environmental Board rejects service extension in Bull Creek Watershed

Saying the development was too great a threat to the Bull Creek Watershed, members of the Environmental Board voted last week to reject a Service Extension Request for water and wastewater to the Vaught Ranch Road development on RM 2222.…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 22, 2008

Neighbors worry cell tower will ruin pastoral lives

Plans by Verizon Communications to construct a cell tower in the Regal Oaks neighborhood in rural Hays County have residents of the area upset over both its planned placement and their apparent inability to do anything about it. The 250-foot…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Sep 22, 2008

Female firefighter sues AFD for discrimination, retaliation

Just as the city was learning that three female police officers had filed suit alleging discrimination, a woman firefighter has filed suit against the City of Austin claiming discriminatory treatment by the department.   Nona Allen is one of a…

Uncategorized • By Austin Monitor • Sep 19, 2008

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ROMA considers changes in Mueller master plan

Changes to the Mueller community – including some shifts in density and additional housing types – are on the drawing board as ROMA considers the first tweaks to the Mueller master plan in four years.   The vision for Mueller…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Sep 19, 2008

Three female officers sue city for discrimination

Three female Austin Police officers, in three separate but related cases have filed suit against the City of Austin alleging gender discrimination while employed by the Austin Police Department. Linda Ponder, Deborah Sawyer and Mary Hesalroad all allege discrimination stemming…

Uncategorized • By Jacob Cottingham • Sep 18, 2008

ZAP turns down commercial zoning for Spicewood lot

Turning down a last-minute compromise, Zoning and Platting Commission members voted Tuesday to reject a request for commercial zoning in a lot in an environmentally sensitive area of West Austin. The owner of a nine-acre lot just off Spicewood Springs…

Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Sep 18, 2008

Planning decisions delay release of RFP for Block 16

After a string of long and loud gatherings, Monday night’s Urban Renewal Board meeting was fairly tame, given the commission’s recent dissatisfaction with the Austin Revitalization Authority’s performance on blocks it has been given to redevelop on 11th and 12th streets.…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Sep 18, 2008

Commissioners approve $95 million Healthcare District budget

County Commissioners passed the Travis County Healthcare District’s $95.2 million budget on Tuesday morning over the wishes of four North Austin neighborhoods that oppose the construction of a clinic near the North Burnet/Gateway area.   The healthcare district’s budget is…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Sep 17, 2008

Citizens hammer Hays judge after two commissioners cleared

Several citizens at Tuesday’s Hays County Commissioners meeting delivered blistering remarks to Judge Liz Sumter for investigations she launched into two colleagues.   Last week, Sumter sent a letter to District Attorney Sherri Tibbe calling for an investigation of Pct.…

Uncategorized • By Jacob Cottingham • Sep 17, 2008

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