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Federal funds to ease citys cost to aid evacuees
Aid effort forces Convention Center to cancel, reschedule several events Austin is counting on federal funds to help cover the cost of the city’s Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. City officials so far do not have an exact cost for treating…
Uncategorized • By • Sep 7, 2005
City employees heed call to help Katrina evacuees
Hundreds of City of Austin employees pitched in over the holiday weekend to set up an emergency shelter at the Austin Convention Center for 4,000 evacuees from Louisiana. Now, city officials are working with their federal counterparts to set up…
Uncategorized • By • Sep 6, 2005
Survey: police important but not doing good job
If the city’s snapshot of customer satisfaction levels is really a good indicator, Austin citizens are dissatisfied consumers of Police Department services. According to City Manager Toby Futrell, budget writers used the city’s Annual Citizen Survey, which measures customer satisfaction…
Uncategorized • By • Jul 29, 2005
The Zoning and Platting Commission last week heard from a representative of Forest Park Holdings on plans for the resubdivision of property at Enchanted Forest Drive and Hawkhaven Lane. The property owner plans to develop the site for residential uses, but sought and received permission to revise the preliminary plans previously filed for the project.
“They want to move a filtration pond from one end of the site to the other,” explained David Wahlgren of Watershed Protection and Development Review . “The applicant has found that it would take a large amount of fill to…
Uncategorized • By • Jul 28, 2005
Bonds for preserve land win support
Committee hears about survey favoring $60 million more in bonds Based on the results on an opinion survey, Travis County taxpayers may be given the opportunity to raise their own taxes in order to fund $60 million to purchase and…
Uncategorized • By • Jul 13, 2005
Knaupe scores big with RECA, lawyers
Money continued to trickle into the coffers of most City Council candidates during the first three months of 2005, according to reports filed by all the candidates last week. But an analysis of the Place 3 race shows that with…
Uncategorized • By • Apr 12, 2005
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Simplified Rainey St. plan wins support
The Planning Commission agreed this week to support a proposal by Council Member Brewster McCracken to set only a handful of parameters on the zoning for Rainey Street properties. Zoning for the downtown neighborhood is expected back before the City…
Uncategorized • By • Mar 24, 2005
Long Center seeks contract changes
Supporters of the Long Center for the Performing Arts are asking the City Council to extend the time period for construction and decrease the amount that would be immediately available for operation and maintenance of the center. The Council will…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 11, 2005
City investigating ACTV fund use
Spurred by allegations of unethical behavior and possible illegal use of funds, the City Auditor’s Office has launched an investigation of Austin Community Television (ACTV). The city has also begun to pay ACTV on a monthly basis, rather than quarterly,…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 6, 2005
Council creates Mueller tax increment zone
Funding would pay for infrastructure in redevelopment area Unanimous approval of the Mueller tax-increment reinvestment zone was one of the last actions the Austin City Council took during its final meeting at the Lower Colorado River Authority board room. The…
Uncategorized • By • Dec 17, 2004
Manor area residents complain about toll plans
Environmental equity one bone of contention About 100 people from East Travis County showed up last night to hear the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) outline its plans to turn a five-mile stretch of US 290 East into a six-lane…
Uncategorized • By • Dec 10, 2004
Twenty years in the making, Mueller MDA approved
'Once in a lifetime' deal for community takes big step The unanimous vote to pass the Mueller master developer agreement ( MDA) last night was painless—evidence of two years of work, the involvement of 150 city employees, dozens of neighborhood…