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Late night Permit Request – Dry Dock
submitted by Cynthia Keohane [Email address: cbkeohane #AT# prodigy.net - replace #AT# with @ ] The request for a late night permit at Allandale Village is on the ANA Executive Board agenda for 7:30–8:00 PM Wednesday, June 28, at the Yarborough Library on Hancock ...SF Regs: Council approves new site development regs
Today before
the City Council completed approval of new site development regulations for
single-family and other non-multi-family residential development. The vote was
7-0 (all council members in favor). These regulations go into effect on October
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Is there a Wal-mart in our Future?
The good news is Northcross will be getting a facelift. What may not be such good news for some is Wal-mart is being mentioned as part of the new face. Northcross Mall has been languishing for some time with many of the stores vacant or occupied by tenants not...Votes are In – Sidwalks Coming to SCB
From Jennifer Herber, City of Austin Public Information/Public Works: Majority for sidewalk on both sides of Shoal Creek Blvd.; next steps Public Works has completed the validation and tallying process for the Shoal Creek Blvd. (W. 38th St. to Foster Lane) sidewalk...Notes From May ANA Executive Committee Meeting
submitted by Kay Newell
ANA Executive Committee Meeting 5-24-2006
Gretchen Vaden, President ANA opened the meeting.
John Kelly, VP DMJM Harris – gave an update on the Loop
1/MOPAC Corridor Project. The proposed
interim project involves the possibility of adding one managed lane on each
side of MOPAC from the river to Parmer Lane. The project has to show a need for increased capacity in order to
proceed with the sound walls. If at the
end of the project the collective decision is that no improvement or increased
capacity can be undertaken, then there will be no sound walls. The outcome hinges on the ability to increase
capacity on MOPAC.
June 2006 Newsletter
You can get the June edition of the Allandale Neighbor here (requires Adobe Acrobat reader). Topics covered in this issue include: Allandale’s Annual 4th of July Parade, Neighborhood Planning Meeting, Walking Bus, Dead End of 49th Street Block Party, Commander’s...City Council Approved Task Force Recommendations
from Tina Bui, [Email address: Tina.Bui #AT# ci.austin.tx.us - replace #AT# with @ ]City of Austin Neighborhood Planning & Zoning Dept. [Email address: Tina.Bui #AT# ci.austin.tx.us - replace #AT# with @ ] Early this morning on June 9, the City Council...Outcome of Planning Commission Meeting
from a post to the listserve from Chris Allen
Hi Neighbors:
Last night, the Planning Commission (PC) voted to forward a
statement of issues and recommendations to the City Council, requesting that
Council grant the Task Force more time to finalize their recommendations.
PC motion:
– Recommend a FAR of 0.4 for single-family structures and a
FAR of 0.5 for duplexes and garage apartments.
– Recommend the building envelope as proposed by the Task
Force
Allandale Sidwalk Project
from the Allandale listserve:
All that remains to be done on the Allandale Sidewalk
Project is to complete the corner at Marilyn and Allandale. Some traffic signal
conduit needed to be lowered so that it would not conflict with the sidewalk.
This was being done yesterday and should be completed today. We should complete
the sidewalk at this location by Friday.