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City seeks charter deal with SOS
Cost of open government amendment estimated at $36 million Fearing the fiscal implications of two proposed City Charter amendments, the City of Austin is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the SOS Alliance that would forestall the filing of two…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 9, 2006
Time running out for Charter amendments
SOS-backed ‘Clean Water, Clean Government’ petitions not yet filed with city The Save Our Springs Alliance, which is seeking to amend the Austin City Charter, may have missed its chance to ensure that its “Clean Water, Clean Government” amendments have…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 8, 2006
Council may loosen ‘McMansion’ moratorium
Dunkerley-backed plan would ease some restrictions in original proposal In response to complaints from homeowners, Council Member Betty Dunkerley is proposing changes to a temporary moratorium on “McMansions”—oversized structures, sometimes functioning like dormitories—in Central Austin neighborhoods. The moratorium is set…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 7, 2006
Wynn calls jobs, transportation top priorities
Mayor kicks off re-election campaign with pledge to guide city’s growth Austin Mayor Will Wynn set job growth and transportation as two of his top priorities for a second term at his official campaign kick-off party Friday night. “In my…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 6, 2006
Council OKs Crescent plan, Seaholm project
Five hours of debate ends with approval of Gables-Park Plaza Project on Town Lake After a half-dozen starts and stops over the last 20 years, the City Council approved a series of interlocking votes last night to finally complete the…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 3, 2006
Gables, Seaholm items top Council agenda
Council to hear about mental health, bond recommendations also When the City Council meets on Groundhog Day, you have to expect that members—just like in the movie of the same name—might be seeing some issues they have heard before back…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 2, 2006
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ZAP subcommittee to study Goodnight PUD
The planned Goodnight Ranch subdivision is so large – some 700 acres off Slaughter Lane between Nuckols Crossing and Old Lockhart Highway – that Developer Terry Mitchell describes it as “Mueller, without the commercial development.” This is a massive master-planned…
Uncategorized • By • Feb 1, 2006
Wynn’s help keeps Cap Metro buses rolling
Mayor acts as go-between to help union and management negotiate contract Austin Mayor Will Wynn’s successful intervention late Sunday into the labor-management gridlock that threatened to cripple the region’s only mass transit system should come as no surprise those who…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 31, 2006
City studies limits on ‘McMansions’
Council sees threats to central city neighborhoods The City Council has directed the Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department to explore the use of floor-to-area ratios (FAR) and maximum heights to limit the encroachment of McMansions into Austin’s inner-city neighborhoods. Neighborhood…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 30, 2006
Ullrich plant contractor won’t meet deadline
City issues notice to cure warnings; firm responds with ‘doomsday’ risk analysis A contractor working on the expansion of the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant—asked repeatedly by city officials to explain delays in completing work on the project—has responded with an…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 27, 2006
Martinez launches campaign with fundraiser
Firefighters president gets major backing for Council race Mike Martinez officially launched his campaign for Place 2 on the Austin City Council with a party and fundraiser at Threadgill’s Wednesday night. The party drew a large crowd of firefighters, union…
Uncategorized • By • Jan 26, 2006
Austin leads the way on plug-in hybrids
Mayor, other city officials kick off 'Plug-in Partners' in Washington DC conference A delegation led by Austin Mayor Will Wynn held a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC Tuesday to promote “Plug-in Partners,” a coalition of…
