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Mark Richardson is a multimedia journalist, editor and writer who has worked in digital, print and broadcast media for three decades. He is a nationally recognized editor and reporter who has covered government, politics and the environment. A journalism graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, he was recently awarded a Foundation for Investigative Journalism grant and has three Associated Press Managing Editors awards for excellence in reporting.
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Lawyers advise Council but not quite enough for action on BFI case
City Council members spent an hour behind closed doors Thursday hearing from a trio of law firms concerning the city’s predicament related to a settlement agreement with BFI Waste Disposal. Council members came back into open session, and promptly decided…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 19, 2008
Council set to consider changes proposed for Terrace PUD
Attorney Richard Suttle gets another chance to work his zoning magic today, as his clients seek to upgrade the decades-old Terrace Planned Unit Development in order to add three new buildings. Developers of the PUD, originated in 1985, are asking…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 18, 2008
Commission OKs more multi-family zoning for Riverside Drive area
A developer seeking to build a small condominium complex in Southeast Austin ran up against a group of neighbors Tuesday night convinced that they had enough multi-family housing in their neighborhood. The project, four lots running 1406 through 1506 Parker…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 15, 2008
Council directs staff to hire lawyers without naming firm
Despite some saber rattling earlier in the week, Council members approved a resolution Thursday directing City Manager Marc Ott to hire outside counsel to assist the city in reversing course on an agreement with BFI Waste Services related to expansion…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 12, 2008
City Attorney excludes community’s choice for outside counsel on BFI
A resolution on today’s Council agenda to direct City Manager Marc Ott to hire an outside legal firm to assist in “un-doing” an agreement between the city and landfill operator BFI could spark some spirited discussion. One element of the…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 11, 2008
Downturn means even ‘exemplary’ city employees held to 2 percent raise
City Manager Marc Ott, saying that city is facing the same “challenging economic climate” as many private sector companies face, has informed city workers that there will be no pay raises for merit this year. Ott said in a…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 9, 2008
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City to hire outside counsel to look into BFI agreement
After a bit of behind-the-scenes scrambling last week, City Manager Marc Ott began looking for ways to undo the damage done by an agreement between the city and BFI Waste Management that left opponents of expanding a northeast Austin landfill…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 8, 2008
Redesigned Terrace PUD gains neighborhood, environmental support
The Terrace Planned Unit Development, in hibernation for most of the past two decades, is waking up and its developers are planning to complete what they started some 20 years ago. The 109-acre development is on the northeast corner of…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 4, 2008
CAMPO approves controversial funding plan for US 290 East
Last night, the board of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) approved a controversial funding method for the US 290 East toll project, also known at the Manor Expressway. The plan would allow the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 2, 2008
SWAC pushing for interim actions to reach zero waste goals
Members of the Solid Waste Advisory Commission – after several long meetings – have hammered out an initial recommendation to the City Council to begin implementation on a Zero Waste plan. The recommendation approved last week contains a list of…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Dec 1, 2008
East Austin tax increment zone moving closer to reality
The process of forming a Homestead Preservation District and Reinvestment Zone to provide for long-term affordable housing and preserve family homesteads in East Austin is a step closer to completion. A report at last week’s Council meeting indicated that final…
Uncategorized • By Mark Richardson • Nov 25, 2008
Martinez criticizes AHFC for deal eliminating Section 8 clients
What is usually a routine approval of an Austin Housing Finance Corporation project took on a different tone Thursday when Council Member Mike Martinez criticized the agency for the way it negotiated a contract. Meeting as the AHFC’s Board…
