Public Notice: Working Hard for the Money

City offers temp jobs and green job training … and lifeguarding

"...and the UT School of Architecture's Community and Regional Planning program. Learn more about the ACCC at austintexas.gov/accc...."

May 13, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Fantasia Review: Monster Seafood Wars

C'mon, who hasn't wondered what Godzilla tastes like?

"...Why wouldn't it be? After all, the aquatic animals were intended as an offering to the local..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Conflicts of Interest at City Hall

Give and take, everywhere you look

"...the changes earlier this year, along with the mammoth Aquatic Master Plan that included a recommended fee hike to..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It

Shall we dive in?

"...worst cases, the pump systems are so old that Aquatics staff must send out for special parts. "It's like..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: People’s Housing Justice

What Council can do that's not CodeNEXT

"...a presentation on income-restricted (i.e., publicly subsidized) Afford­able Housing, Planning Commissioner David King asked the lead consultant about "small-a"..."

April 13, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Spring Has Sprung

A light agenda promises an early farewell

"...adoption of Council's work-in-progress: the "Austin Strategic Direction 2023 Plan," which concerns "strategic outcomes related to economic opportunity and..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Your Plan for Pools

First, let's all chip in $124 million

"...resolution initiating the public process that resulted in the Aquatic Master Plan, members voted last week to take the..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Because We're Happy!

Council dances, hires, and lives the Life Aquatic

"...the Champions (again), and approve (but not fund) a Master Plan for city pools...."

Feb. 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: If You Build It, They Will Come

Arguments over infrastructure reflect community visions

"...floating around), Council asked PARD to prepare an updated master plan (the first since 1968, shortly after the city..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"...over the Champion tracts, and the return of the Aquatic Master Plan. See "Council: Back to the Dais," Feb...."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature

Council: And to All a Good Night

Last regular meeting reprises a very difficult year

"...• Pooling Expertise: As anticipated, discussion of the just-submitted Aquatic Mas­ter Plan was postponed until Febru­ary, while council members..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Everybody out of the Pool Plan!

Council punts Aquatic Master Plan to February

"...Austin's Aquatic Master Plan sprang another leak on Tuesday when City..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Welcome to the Holiday Rush

If you think your to-do list is too long, consider City Council's

"...the decision on a new city manager, with Council planning to make a final selection by next Tuesday, Dec...."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...meeting (Dec. 14), with ABIA concession contracts, Convention Center planning, a nod at the Aquatic Master Plan, and a..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature

Point Austin: Unfinished Business

Working Austin's weirding ways to New Year's resolutions

"...enough problems, this week also welcomes the long anticipated Aquatic Master Plan for what will apparently be a brief..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Aquatic Master Plan May Be Mastered

Long-awaited pool plan goes before Parks and Rec Board

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Campaign Notes: Adler vs. ?

Citywide election pool begins to fill up

"...school bond election, and now the presentation of the Aquatic Master Plan (to Council Nov. 14) before making a..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Aquatic Master Plan May Be Mastered

Long-awaited pool plan goes before Parks and Rec Board

"...years of painstaking work and public input, the final Aquatic Master Plan unveiled this summer proved somewhat of a..."

Dec. 5, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin?

Only if we let it continue to fester in darkness

"...will come soon enough: While the recent change in plans has put previous meeting schedules on hold, there are..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: What a Difference a Year Makes

Election news, and your city at work

"...Recrea­tion Department has been working toward the Swim 512 Aquatic Master Plan since 2014, and has completed a draft..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Money Don't Buy Everything, It's True …

City Council plows through housing, energy, and budget hearing

"...on the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan. (“With All Deliberate Speed,” Aug. 14) That was mostly..."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Michael King

A Council’s Work Is Never Done

Agenda features budget, the future of AE, and a whole lotta housing

"...week, Council postponed "indefinitely" a decision on the proposed Aquatic Master Plan, mostly for fear of triggering public backlash..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: When the Mayor’s Away ...

Water, energy, and homelessness on the mind

"...recommendations for Austin Energy's Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan (Item 28), to a certain extent aspirational boilerplate, but..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

City Budget Squeezed Between Basic Costs and State Neglect

The city has $1.03 billion in taxpayer money. Here's where it's going.

"...neighborhood pools in the wake of the just-released draft "Aquatic Master Plan." That issue is not addressed in the..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Nights of White Linen

As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed

"...been decided that lending his name to Water Treatment Plant No. 4 (located in District 6) was particularly suitable..."

Aug. 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Headlines

"...was over the Parks and Rec draft of the Aquatic Master Plan, as council members reacted sharply against the..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature

Forklift Danceworks' My Parks, My Pools, My City

With Bartholomew Swims, Allison Orr's dance company plunges into Austin's pool problem

"...who first worked for the Parks & Recreation Department's Aquatic Division in 1982 – he told them that the..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...genuine moon man Buzz Aldrin, Gawker founder Nick Denton, Planned Parenthood’s Cecilia Richards, and 16-time WWE champion John Cena...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Shared History

Art and Journalism: Incubator 1.0

"...Aquatic Master Planning: As of last weekend, all city of..."

July 8, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: In Defense of Socialism

Government does a lot of good things that aren’t possible to achieve privately

"...the curve on the graphic wow factor. Anyway, the plan envisions a Mobility Innovation Center running five major initiatives:..."

March 25, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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