From City of Austin website:
“Capital Metro’s Dillo service will run until 11 p.m. each night and its “Night Owl” routes will provide late-night travel between midnight and 3 a.m. Check www.capmetro.org for downtown routes. “
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Chronicle Takes Notes on the Downtown Austin Condo Market
OK. I just got blindsided by this story.
The Austin Chronicle has just published one of the most balanced and insightful articles about Downtown Austin condos I’ve ever read. Below are a handful of quotes taken from our beloved local-leftist-zealously-liberal rag(?)
“…Austin has a reputation nationally as being a pain-in-the-ass city in which to get a project done. (Thank demanding city regulations and laborious processes, environmental protections, and our activist neighborhood associations and citizens.) Our reputation actually helped stabilize the Austin market, discouraging overbuilding and a Miami-like volume of investor-driven projects.”
Benefits to the city:
“As Mayor Wynn points out, on average, 80 percent of all taxes generated Downtown go to provide services outside of Downtown, in effect subsidizing other areas of town”
Benefits of high density:
“High-rise development also contains city costs, in comparison to the suburban model. “If 178 families live on 1-acre lots, the city is charged with maintaining four to five miles of streets, water lines, wastewater lines, drainage pipes,” and so forth, said Mitchell, as well as city services to 200-plus acres. “The Austonian abuts 334 linear feet of streets, water and wastewater pipes, and drainage pipes and consumes less than an acre of land. That makes it far more sustainable, and less expensive to the city, than a sprawling subdivision of similarly priced homes.“
DAP phase II approved!
Great news! According to our knowledgeable members of DANA, the vote passed 7 – 0 this morning. Laura Morrison moved to postpone the vote but there was no 2nd.
Just in from the ABJ…
“The Austin City Council approved a a professional services agreement with San Francisco-based Roma Design Group for planning services to complete the Downtown Austin Plan.”
Austin Community College Purchases Two Downtown Properties
Thanks to DANA board member Roger Cauvin for the heads up!
ACC has purchased 800 and 812 w 12th Street (Gmap). Combined, these properties take up a chunk of the Northwest corner of 12th @ West Ave. This isn’t surprising as ACC’s enrollment has surged in recent years.
From the article:
“The ACC District approved the purchase of two downtown properties this week. ACC paid $1 million for the sites at 800 and 812 W. 12th Street in Downtown Austin….General obligation bonds paid for the purchase.”
Waller Creek Tunnel – council approves budget for engineering review
Waller Creek Tunnel project inches forward. According to the ABJ, “Austin City Council approved an agreement with Austin-based H.R. Gray to provide engineering services for the Waller Creek Tunnel project. The contract amount is up to $300,000. H.R. Gray will conduct an engineering review of the Waller Creek Tunnel project’s design and construction plans.”
Baby steps.