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Council denounces 'false choice' of pitting parkland against affordability
More than two months after City Council passed a new budget that took effect Oct. 1, city management now wants to freeze one of the adopted fee schedules as it relates to the amount developers pay toward parkland acquisition and…
City Council • By Amy Smith • Oct 26, 2021
PARD proposes delaying fee change that would double parkland costs for developers
The Parks and Recreation Department will likely ask City Council to delay a scheduled doubling this budget year of the fees developers pay to fund the acquisition and development of parkland around the city. The dramatic increase is the result…
Development • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 12, 2021
Parks board says no to parkland compromise
Austin’s Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously at Tuesday’s meeting to reject a developer’s appeal related to city regulations for parkland dedication for a proposed apartment complex at 403 E. Koenig Lane. Only six members of the board – the…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Sep 16, 2021
Council OKs purchase of Wood Street parkland
After a lengthy discussion about the rules regulating acquisition of city parkland, Council voted 7-2-2 on Thursday to purchase 0.214 acres of downtown property at 702 Wood St. Council members Jimmy Flannigan and Pio Renteria voted no, and Council Member…
Parks • By Jo Clifton • Oct 30, 2020
Council postpones $1.1 million acquisition of Wood Street property for new parkland
A small grassy field just off Sixth Street would provide easier access to the Shoal Creek Trail and preserve a historically significant piece of downtown, but City Council members delayed action on the $1.1 million purchase to address concerns that…
Parks • By Jackson Barton • Oct 26, 2020
Parkland fees start to roll in
While looking through City Council’s budget questions (What? How do you celebrate Labor Day?), the Austin Monitor noticed a fun follow-up to the city’s recent parkland dedication fees saga. The new fees were established at the end of January, and…
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Despite consensus, park dedication fees delayed
To the apparent disappointment of all sides, a long-lingering proposal to change the city’s Parkland Dedication Fees was postponed by City Council on Thursday. Council Member Leslie Pool pushed for the postponement of the changes and explained that she needed…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 21, 2015
Debate continues over parkland dedication changes
Both sides of the debate over a new Parkland Dedication Ordinance stayed late into the night to state their cases Thursday. In the end, City Council voted to approve the ordinance 10-1 on first reading at 2:25 a.m. Council Member…
Parks • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 18, 2015
Council puts off vote on parkland fees
Last week, City Council postponed action on a staff proposal that would significantly increase parkland dedication fees for developers of most new residential developments, with fees dependent on density. Staff brought forth the proposal after more than a year of…
Parks • By Jo Clifton • Sep 22, 2015
Parkland dedication fee proposal raises questions
As the city’s Parks and Recreation Department gears up to propose an increase to its parkland dedication fee, local groups and City Council Member Sheri Gallo are questioning whether it’s the right fee for the department to be boosting. The…
Parks • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 5, 2015
New parkland dedication fee would "maintain" park-to-person ratio
With recent unanimous approval from members of the city’s Planning Commission, the Parks and Recreation Department says it might soon be able to recalibrate the fee it charges residential developers in lieu of making parkland available. Developers unwilling or unable…
Parks • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jul 10, 2015
Audit finds inaccuracies in city’s Parkland Dedication Fee program
An audit of the city’s Parkland Dedication program reveals that the Austin Parks and Recreation Department does not generally spend parkland fees collected from developers in the five years allotted by ordinance. The results of the audit were presented to…