Below are three studies used in the research for “Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy.”

“Review of Costs and Fees for Development Services in Austin“: A draft study by Oregon-based planning consultants Fodor & Associates on development fee costs, commissioned by Brian Rodgers

Save Our Springs report: The SOS Alliance report “The Perfect Storm: Setting priorities at the Austin Water Utility in a time of fiscal crisis”

City memo: A memorandum from Austin Water on predicted rate impacts from construction of Water Treatment Plant No. 4

Other city documents used to draft the feature are available online at www.cityofaustin.org/budget.

This article appears in July 23 • 2010.

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