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Arguments heat up over controversial Grove PUD
Plans and feelings will have to change dramatically in the coming weeks if City Council is ever to reach a consensus on the Grove at Shoal Creek, an enormous mixed-use development proposed for a 75-acre tract of land in North…
Development • By Jack Craver • Aug 12, 2016
Council approves alternatives to jail time for indigent defendants
City Council members approved a measure Thursday clarifying the process to be used by municipal judges to deem a defendant incapable of paying a municipal fine – and emphasizing community service as an alternative to jail time for unpaid fines.…
Courts • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Aug 12, 2016
Urban Transportation Commission talks rail, sidewalks, bond dismay
Tuesday’s Urban Transportation Commission meeting provided a stark counterpoint to Mayor Steve Adler’s claim that he has broad community consensus behind his $720 million transportation bond proposal. Members aired frustrations about the process of the proposal’s development, heard from advocates…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 11, 2016
Adler: Business incentives shouldn't be 'bad word'
In a booming city with an unemployment rate south of 3 percent, it’s not surprising that people might be skeptical of spending taxpayer dollars to lure more jobs into town. In a recent survey of Austinites about city spending priorities,…
Budget • By Jack Craver • Aug 11, 2016
Environmental Commission recommends funds for river watchers
The health of Austin’s rivers is carefully monitored on a regular basis by a team of experts. But some of those experts are much younger than many people may realize. Austin Youth River Watch has been training at-risk high school…
Budget • By Cate Malek • Aug 11, 2016
Playground plan stalls at BoA
Although those hoping for a playground at Club Creek Apartments will get another shot at a variance next month, it’s not looking promising. Laura Klein spoke on behalf of the apartment complex’s owner, PPA Group, at the Board of Adjustment…
Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 11, 2016
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MoPac construction causing environmental anxiety
Construction has not yet begun, but already the Save Our Springs Alliance, the Save Barton Creek Association and the citizens who filed suit against the Texas Department of Transportation and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority over the expansion and…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Aug 10, 2016
Mobility bond talks turn to sidewalk regrets
City Council Member Ora Houston says fatigue, a lack of information and compassion for a colleague led her to a bad decision for her constituents toward the end of a late-night City Council discussion in June over the proposed $720…
Transportation • By Jack Craver • Aug 10, 2016
More neighbors sued over restrictive covenant
Attorneys for Mark Dawson Homes have made good on the threat to sue 61 homeowners in the Crestview neighborhood’s Meadowlawn subdivision, claiming that the lawsuit is the only avenue they have to remove a restrictive covenant that might prevent the…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Aug 10, 2016
County creates first PID, possibly setting up showdown with city of Austin
City Council is now on the clock to determine whether it wants to be the spoiler for Travis County’s first-ever public improvement district. The Commissioners Court voted on Tuesday to approve the creation of the WildHorse Ranch PID in far…
Planning • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 10, 2016
CAMPO vote signals the oncoming end for Lone Star Rail
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization gave the Lone Star Rail District (LSTAR) an all but fatal kick in the caboose on Monday night. Members of the CAMPO Transportation Policy Board overwhelmingly voted to begin the process that will remove…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Aug 9, 2016
Elysium Park angst: From City Hall to Israel
Last Thursday, many of those watching the City Council meeting were left befuddled by an exchange that took place late in the meeting over a proposed affordable housing project at 3300 Oak Creek Drive. Both the developer and the neighborhood…
