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Citizens sound off on wastewater plan in Dripping Springs
Over 200 people packed the event center in Dripping Springs on Nov. 10 for what they said was their first real chance to get their questions answered about a proposal that would allow the city to discharge treated effluent into…
Environment • By Cate Malek • Nov 11, 2016
Council approves Cactus Rose mobile home park rezoning
After more than a year, residents of an East Austin mobile home park have reached a deal with developers looking to rebuild on the property. Some city leaders say the case could set a precedent for future development. About a…
Development • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 11, 2016
Pilot Knob zoning approved without fee waivers
With the threat of litigation hanging over their heads, City Council members on Thursday gave final approval to zoning for the Southeast Travis County Pilot Knob/Easton Park development. The vote was 9-1-1, with Council Member Don Zimmerman voting no and…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Nov 11, 2016
Austin loses appeal of appraisal district lawsuit
Texas’ 3rd Court of Appeals on Thursday firmly rejected the city of Austin’s attempt to get a judicial ruling on whether the alleged disparity between appraisals for residential property and commercial property meets constitutional muster. Led by Mayor Steve Adler,…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Nov 11, 2016
Character, retention of businesses fuel expansion of Soul-y Austin
Though he works on the very same block, Josh Blaine had never been inside East Austin’s Vortex theater prior to attending a meeting of what is now the Manor Road Merchants Association. But as manager of the In.gredients neighborhood grocery…
Austin • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 10, 2016
Public safety departments discuss diversity strategies
Austin’s public safety agencies are not as diverse as the city they serve, according to a presentation by police, fire and EMS officials at a meeting of the Public Safety Commission last week. “We need to show we do have…
Public Safety • By Jack Craver • Nov 10, 2016
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Downtown parking study calls for more expensive street spaces
Streamlined technology and more expensive parking spaces – those are some of the recommendations of a new report that looks at improving parking in downtown Austin. The $260,000 study analyzed parking in the area bordered by Interstate 35, Martin Luther…
Austin • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 10, 2016
Austin and Dripping Springs at odds over plan to dump wastewater in Onion Creek
Tonight, the public is invited to give its input at a hearing held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) over a permit to allow Dripping Springs to dump almost a million gallons of treated wastewater into Onion Creek,…
Environment • By Mose Buchele, KUT • Nov 10, 2016
Mobility bond rolls to big victory
Opting to go big, Austin voters on Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, Mayor Steve Adler’s $720 million transportation bond package. The massive grab-bag of mobility infrastructure spending is the city’s largest-ever bond proposal to survive an election. Its victory…
Bonds & Propositions • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 9, 2016
Flannigan takes District 6, ousts Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman, one of the city’s most controversial City Council members, conceded to challenger Jimmy Flannigan yesterday after the early voting results were released in the early evening, with 12,542 votes (57.65 percent) for Flannigan and 9,213 (42.35 percent) for…
Elections • By Joseph Caterine • Nov 9, 2016
Commissioner Gerald Daugherty retains Precinct 3 seat
Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty won a fourth term in office on Tuesday night. The Commissioners Court’s lone Republican triumphed over his Democratic, novice office-seeker David Holmes, in a close race that early voting results showed as virtually tied shortly…
Elections • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 9, 2016
Gallo, Alter headed to District 10 runoff
In District 10, City Council Member Sheri Gallo and challenger Alison Alter are headed for a December runoff, with Gallo garnering more than 48 percent of the vote to Alter’s 35.52 percent. The other candidates in the race, Robert Walker…
