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Friday, June 8, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
Parks
Environmental Commission has questions about Zilker Park’s proposed parking lot
After the Parks and Recreation Board deferred the Zilker Park Stratford Drive Landfill Redevelopment Project to the Environmental Commission for review hoping for some clarity as to environmental repercussions, the waters only muddied further.Concerns about leaching, automotive abuse of the…
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 by Caleb Pritchard
Parks
PARD patching up two pools as summer sun bears down
As the summer heat tightens its grip on Austin, the city is scrambling to get two public pools sidelined last year by severe leaks back into serviceable shape.On Monday, the Parks and Recreation Department’s acting director, Kimberly McNeeley, sent a…
Friday, June 1, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
Energy
EUC asks Austin Energy to begin planning Council-mandated energy studies
It’s been nine months since City Council passed its ambitious renewable energy plan that requires Austin Energy to push to have 65 percent of its energy come from renewable sources by 2027 and to create models that would show what…
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
Energy
Austin Energy financials show revenue is coming from the really rich and the really poor
Austin Energy hit the nail on the head in the second quarter with its actual financial expenditures and income tracking almost exactly to the numbers that it forecast.Even with eight out of 10 City Council districts using below the system…
Thursday, May 24, 2018 by Jessi Devenyns
Parks
Zilker Park staging area in line to become a parking lot
For years, the back end of the swath of parkland used for the Austin City Limits Festival, the Trail of Lights and the Kite Festival has been repurposed as a sometimes staging area and sometimes parking lot. However, until now,…
