Decker Golf: Not Tee Time

Council agrees to wait before deciding Decker's fate

"...11) to consider whether to let a private developer, Decker Lake Golf, LLC, build a PGA-class golf course in..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Jo Clifton

A Few Rounds Over Decker

How many golf courses does Austin need?

"...Does Austin need a golf course at Decker Lake?..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Jo Clifton

Public Notice: Something at Lake Long?

If not golf, what?

"...Suttle opted not to ask Council to consider the Decker Lake Golf Course proposal at their final meeting today..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Defers on Decker, Approves Onion Creek Buyout

Golf project goes to committee, and Garza Ranch put to bed

"...The Long Metropolitan Park/Decker Lake golf proposal, which after quite a bit of..."

March 10, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Head Out to Caddo Lake

"...points with my folks with your story about Caddo Lake [“Texas Parks in Harm's Way,” News, March 3]. My..."

March 7, 2006 Postmarks

Public Notice: November Song

Will Council make a golf course its parting act?

"...The 3,715-acre tract includes the Travis Co. Exposition Center, Decker Power Plant, wildlife and prairie grass sanctuaries, and a..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade

Adler and Martinez debate enviro records and policies

"...center over the aquifer – and Martinez on the Decker Lake golf course proposal currently before City Council. Some..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Council: So Nice They'll Hold It Twice?

Council prepares for a marathon session

"...• The Long Park/Decker Lake golf project proposal (Item 72), which is (depending..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: A Park Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

The bad idea for Long Park, and public events around town

"...E. Long Metropolitan Park, which could oh-so-easily become the Decker Lake Golf Course if only City Council could see..."

March 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...needed electricity, among other reasons, we have the Highland Lakes. Because the Holly Power Plant needed a cooling pond,..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice

Privatize, privatize, dance to the music

"...vexing issues facing the city: MoPac expansion, and the Decker Lake golf proposal. Re: MoPac, we were told, dismissively,..."

May 15, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Postmarks

A point-counterpoint on Long Park development; Austin Music Network's bad move; and a call for a car-free council member.

"...canoe, I will frequently drive the perimeter of the lake to look for wildlife. In winter I see large..."

April 7, 2000 Column

Public Notice: Golf and Taxes at City Council

Proposals before Council suggest change is in the air

"...City Council agenda, and you might groan at first: Decker Lake Golf? Homestead exemptions? Haven't we been here before?..."

May 22, 2015 News Column

Council: Not Enough Hours in the Day

How about a meeting about the meeting?

"...That followed a long and heated discussion of the Decker Lake/Long Metro­pol­i­tan Park golf course proposal, which has bounced..."

March 6, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: All You Can Eat!

Council gets stuff done

"..."first readings only"), some of them burrs-under-the-saddle, like the Decker Lake golf course proposal and the pending CodeNEXT revision..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

New Plan Reimagines Walter E. Long Park

New plan reimagines Austin's largest park

"...out shoot-for-the-moon visions for the park and its eponymous lake, originally (and, to many, still) Decker Lake, built as..."

June 28, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: If You Build It, They Will Come

Arguments over infrastructure reflect community visions

"...proposal for Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park. The developer (Decker Lake Golf LLC) proposed to build two professional golf..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Council: If You Come to a Fork ... Take It

Council faces choices on land use – and land use

"...argument, they might eventually arrive at Item 46: the Decker Lake/Long Metropolitan Park golf project, a 50-year licensing agreement..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Test Your Water Knowledge

Everywhere you turn, the issue is water

"...to consider additional Stage 3 water use restrictions, and lake-level triggers that might lead to implementing drought-related Stage 4..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Column

Council: Dance the Last Dance ...

The last meeting before seven becomes 11

"...or may not drift into next year is the Decker Lake golf course proposal, which – after plenty of..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

El Flaco No Mas?

"...return in the year 2000 at its new location, Decker Lake. Local television and radio have reported on this,..."

June 12, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Some Say the World Will End … in Ice

City Council dodges the ice storm, and much of its agenda

"...Springs wastewater, and extended Austin Pets Alive’s leasehold on lakeside property...."

Dec. 11, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council: Taxes Are Challenging

Council prepares to challenge TCAD

"...• Item 42: The Decker Lake golf course proposal returns after several committee reviews..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: In the Zone

A full zoning meeting, with a few other wrinkles

"...to regulate barbecue restaurant smokers, and recommended that the Decker Lake golf course proposal include greater benefits for the..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: Covering the Waterfront

Council, more Council, and more

"...• sent the proposed Decker Lake golf project back to committee, where it has..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Top 10 City Council Stories

The big stories of Council's last seven-member year

"...crossways with Austin Water head Greg Meszaros over the Decker Lake golf course proposal and its potential effect on..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Turn Out the Lights ...

It's the very last meeting of Council, and it's stuffed to the gills

"...year one of the most contentious current issues, the Decker Lake golf course proposal (at the request of the..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: 10-1, Lawsuits, and Strange Fruit

The end of the year is a busy time

"...2025. Within that goal, the plan includes retiring the Decker natural gas plant by 2018, and to begin a..."

Dec. 8, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

District 1: A Hill to Climb

"...A current case in point is the Decker Lake golf course proposal (which could well be settled..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Who Needs 10-1?

Grumpy mayor provides plenty of drama

"...Thursday toward the end of the discussion over the Decker Lake Golf Course project, as Mayor Lee Leffingwell, who..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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