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The number of water service extension requests to single-family homes in West Lake Hills, with the owners paying the cost of the pipe. (Items 2-5)
Minority-owned and women-owned subcontractor participation, respectively, in the $2.8 million Boggy Creek Lift Station improvement project, replacing pipe and adding pumping capacity in the southwest Boggy Creek Watershed. Katy, Texas, builder Pepper-Lawson is the staff-recommended choice. (Item 7)
Number of firms added to the Watershed Flood Hazard Mitigation Engineering Services Rotation List (Espey Consultants, Raymond Chan and Associates, Brown and Gay Engineers, Cas Consulting and Services, AECOM Technical Services), with $7.5 million in work to be divided between the firms. (Item 21)
New fee for Fire Department inspection of petroleum-powered cooking setups by mobile food vendors (Item 24), part of a suite of new food truck and trailer regulations. An additional $125 annual applications fee is also proposed. (Items 28, 29. For more, see "City Hall Hustle.")
A one-year contract with a one-year renewal option for Front Steps to continue operating the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless Downtown. (Item 30)
Fiscal impact of renaming the Zilker Neighborhood Park on Bluebonnet Lane to Bluebonnet Park. However, replacing the signage costs $350. (Item 37)
Funding for the East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan to steer development along the populous transit hub. (Item 38)
Funding for the Airport Boulevard Form-Based Code Initiative, a trial-run for FBC's focus on building style and compatibility in zoning vs. our current system governed by land use. (Item 39. Council is also receiving a 10:30am presentation on the subject.)
Number of items from council. Highlights include a proposal from Laura Morrison that would create a drug "take-back" program to safely dispose of expired medications instead of flushing them (Item 87); a resolution from Bill Spelman requesting that all agenda language allow council the option of selecting a vendor other than the staff-selected pick, as narrow postings have temporarily tied council's hands in the past (Item 88); Sheryl Cole's call for a public-private partnership, à la Chicago's Millennium Park or The Park in Dallas, with the Waller Creek Conservancy to finance development along soon-to-be-flood-controlled Waller Creek. (Item 90)
Number of zoning cases on the agenda, including second and third readings of Neighborhood Planning Area rezonings for the Windsor Road and West Austin neighborhoods (Item 103, 104). Also up: the Domain impervious cover swap, likely postponed until Sept. 30 (Item 106); the 909 Congress development's request for height-boosting Central Urban Redevelopment zoning, which will likely result in wrangling over concessions from applicant Dalton Wallace (Item 111); and more.
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