Stories by Charlotte Moore
Austin Water Utility could lose revenue over reclaimed water deal
The Austin Water Utility could lose more than $300,000 in revenue due to special reclaimed water rates proposed for the city’s parks system for the next fiscal year. The utility presented its final proposed rates for FY2014 to the budget…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 19, 2013
Central Health seeks $34 million more for FY2014
Thanks in part to a planned University of Texas medical school and teaching hospital, Travis County Central Health officials say they will need nearly $34 million more in FY2014 than was allotted in their FY2013 budget. The money would come…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 17, 2013
Commissioners to consider raises for county employees, including themselves
Travis County Commissioners are set today to continue consideration of proposed salaries for classified county employees and set a date for a public hearing. The commissioners themselves are also up for a salary bump. If the increases are approved, retiring…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 16, 2013
City previews plans to move off-leash dog park near Auditorium Shores
Parks officials Wednesday evening hosted a group of roughly fifty people for a tour of proposed changes to a dog park along Lady Bird Lake. Though the city is receiving a large to donation to help complete the work, and…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 12, 2013
Council hires Chicago-based consultant to develop Colony Park
A Northeast Austin neighborhood development project more than 10 years in the making is well underway now that City Council has awarded the contract to a nationally-recognized consultant with expertise in sustainable master planning. On Thursday, City Council unanimously authorized…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 8, 2013
Public Integrity Unit staffers face layoffs unless someone picks up tab
Layoffs are likely for the 31 employees of Travis County’s Public Integrity Unit, which operates out of the District Attorney’s office. That is, unless a resolution currently before the current Special Session of the Texas Legislature is approved, Travis County…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jul 3, 2013
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Debate over Rainey Street parcel set for Council agenda
After months of fiery and impassioned debate about the city-owned lot at 64 Rainey Street, the fight flared up again online over the weekend. It appears a group of developers could end up owning the land on which they plan…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 24, 2013
Council approves 20-year plan to build out Waller Creek development
City Council approval of a plan to turn the two-mile stretch of Waller Creek into a nature-lover’s utopia was delayed for a time Thursday by a belaboring of the legalese of the multi-phased project. Council Members Laura Morrison and Kathie…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 21, 2013
Price of reclaimed water going up, but only a little for golf courses
It’s possible some Austin golfers will be paying more in greens fees as the Austin Water Utility prepares to raise the rates for the use of the city’s reclaimed water. The Reclaimed Water Program runs miles of recycled wastewater through…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 20, 2013
Lehmberg lays out costs, duties of Public Integrity Unit for Commissioners
In two weeks, Travis County taxpayers could find out if they’ll end up footing the bill for high-dollar, white-collar crime investigations in Texas. Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg appeared before the Travis County Commissioner’s Court Tuesday to lay out…
Uncategorized • By Charlotte Moore • Jun 19, 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…
