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Council Begins Drilling Into Austin Energy Rate Hike

March 7, 2012 6:30 am by: Matt Largey

Photo by Daniel Reese/KUT News

The Austin City Council holds the first in a series of work sessions on a proposed rate increase for Austin Energy customers this morning. The proposal to raise the city-owned utility’s revenue by 12 and a half percent has not been well received. Churches, advocates for low-income residents and people who live outside the city limits have all criticized the proposal. The city council will review the proposal over the coming months....
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Restoration Effort for Norwood House

The city of Austin is moving toward remaking a historic property on Riverside Drive. For this week’s Changing Austin, KUT’s Matt Largey talked about the Norwood House near the intersection of I-35 and Riverside with Marty Stump from the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.

Norwood Park, as a park site, is really on the verge of change. We have the boardwalk, which is about to go under construction along the shoreline of Lady Bird Lake. This site provides opportunity for connectivity to the boardwalk, so the house and the grounds could function as a neighborhood trailhead. Likewise, urban rail is being planned in the long term here for Riverside...
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Transportation Bond Rolling Toward Nov...

Austin is asking voters to approve a $90 million in transportation bond in November....
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Imagine What Austin Will Be in 30 Year...

The City is moving forward with its visioning plan for Austin. "Imagine Austin":http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/compplan/ surveys begin this week....
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Austin to Adapt Rules for Minority Own...

The City is opening its contract rules for minority owned businesses to public comment....
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Untangling the Web

Navigating the City of Austin website can be an adventure sometimes....
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Austin Launches Speak Up Site

A new way to tell the City of Austin what you think!...
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The City Attacks Pit Bulls Welfare

The City of Austin's Larry Schooler talks about the city's concerns about the welfare of pit bulls....
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Rain Irrigation Mandate in the Works

Austin's Environmental Board is looking at plans to require commercial property owners to irrigate with storm water....
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Changing Austin: Imagine What Austin W...

City planners, with help from development consultants and with input from the public, have come up with five possible scenarios for Austin’s future 30 years hence. Now, th…...
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Changing Austin: Austin to Adapt Rules...

The City of Austin is looking for ways to revise how it involves women-and minority-owned businesses in city contracts. KUT’s Emily Donahue speaks with Austin community E…...
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Changing Austin: Untangling the Web

This week: City officials took public comment on not only how to revamp the look of Austin’s web portal, but also to improve its usability. KUT’s Ian Crawford talked t…...
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