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Board of Adjustment postpones hearing on South Lamar condo project
Spurred on by a sudden influx of development in their neighborhood, a rogue group of concerned neighbors showed up to oppose a South Lamar project at the Board of Adjustment last week. Andrew Googins was at the Board of…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 17, 2013
Perry fails to veto EMS district bill despite late plea by Leffingwell
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell was concerned enough about a piece of Texas state legislation that he penned a letter to Gov. Rick Perry asking him to veto it. In so doing, he created an odd political situation, one where the…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 17, 2013
City demands return of White Lodging Fee Waivers
City of Austin officials Friday cut fee waivers awarded to White Lodging Services Corporation as part of a development agreement for the construction of a new Marriott hotel at Third Street and Congress Avenue. The ruling, which comes from…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 14, 2013
Compost fire at Hornsby Bend plant to cost city some $9 million
The City of Austin spent nearly $3 million to extinguish a February fire at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant. According to a memo from Austin Water Utility director Greg Meszaros to Mayor and Council, the utility was forced to…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 14, 2013
Private deed restrictions put ZAP on the spot
The Zoning and Platting Commission last week managed to stay clear of a private deed restriction battle that may be re-emerging in north central Austin. Mark Canada is seeking a re-subdivision for his lot which is just less than…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 14, 2013
Planning Commission approves PUD zoning for 211 South Lamar project
Developers of a Planned Unit Development at 211 South Lamar finally got a win at the Planning Commission on Tuesday night. The group, which is called Post Paggi, is seeking PUD zoning for its 211 South Lamar lot, currently…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 13, 2013
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Judge denies group’s request to depose White Lodging official
State District Judge Rhonda Hurley Wednesday denied a request from the Workers Defense Project that would have forced a high level official from the company behind the construction of a new Marriott Hotel at Third Street and Congress Avenue to…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 13, 2013
Architect unveils conservancy’s plans for Waller Creek makeover
Austin leaders want to give one of the city’s underperforming assets – Waller Creek – an extreme makeover. But it’s going to take cooperation from private landowners, and maybe some action from our men and women in blue, to make…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 12, 2013
Travis Commissions move forward on widening Hamilton Pool Road
On Tuesday, Travis County Commissioners unanimously agreed that road work on Hamilton Pool Road, previously put on hold, should finally get underway. Steven Manilla of Travis County’s Transportation and Natural Resources Department asked commissioners to allow his department to proceed…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 12, 2013
Council gives blessing to Oak Creek Village but talks continue
Though City Council voted unanimously to approve rezoning on first reading, it was obvious that negotiations have a bit further to go for the Oak Creek Village project. If built, the project will preserve the only federal Housing and…
Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 11, 2013
Emails appear to validate methodology of controversial ethics report
A series of emails between a City of Austin consultant and city legal staff appears to validate the methodology of a recently uncovered report on how city employees viewed the ethical standards of their colleagues and higher-ups when the survey…
Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Jun 11, 2013
West Point Society continues to push for new Mount Bonnell monument
Though they didn’t win the recommendation of the Zoning and Platting Commission, the group hoping to make improvements to Mount Bonnell Park won a victory last week nonetheless. Ultimately, the commission had no recommendation on the appeal itself. But…
