Council: Not Only the Grove

Does anybody speak Zimmerman-ese?

"...posted (Items 17-48), ranging from the return of the Lantana Tract's first-read in September, through several Montopolis-area projects, various..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: No Rest for the Weary

Zoning debates dominate the meeting that nearly never was

"...four Items: Pilot Knob PUD, Austin Oaks PUD, Champion Tract, and the Grove PUD. If they dig deeply into..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Out of the Frying Pan ...

Council resumes regular schedule next week

"...In between are the East Sixth Street Village, the Lantana Tract 33 in Oak Hill, and several other proposed..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Return to Forever

No regular meeting this week as Council takes on the Barton Springs Pool

"...to approve the recently negotiated Emergency Medical Services union contract, with no word yet of any progress on the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Raising the Bar

AMD opens its Lantana campus, and the questions continue

"...to be proud of what they've accomplished on the Lantana site: reducing the building footprints, relying entirely on native-plant..."

June 20, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Top 10 Local Stories: From bonds to boobs

"...Bill Moriarty was actually ousted from his Earth Tech contractorship in 2005, after the city cited an apparent conflict..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Developing Stories

Big Box, Back Off!; Las Manitas Swirls On; and Bucking the City

"...to direct it to appropriate locations – such as tracts zoned "CH" on major highways. Forwarding the ordinance, the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Building Utopia

After years of pipe dreams, politics, and planning, the new Mueller Neighborhood is rising at last

"...Commission. In 1997, San Francisco's ROMA Design Group was contracted to turn community goals and recommendations into a workable..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...sites. Here's a suggestion: Why not make that nice Lantana site a greenspace? See www.tpl.org for more. – Daniel..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

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"...need to retain that special quality of life that attracts so many of us...."

May 5, 2006 Column

Passionate Partisan Arguments to Vote for the Props

"...or the cost of doing business? Stratus sold the Lantana Tract to AMD, which is in a donating frenzy,..."

May 3, 2006 Postmarks

Bunch's 'Guest' Editorial

"...a satellite downtown on Southwest Parkway expanded, adding the "Lantana" tract where AMD is now slated to build offices..."

May 3, 2006 Postmarks

Enemies Mingle at Hill Country Conservancy Fiesta

Beer, brisket, and land preservation help unite political foes for a night

"...most of all – its proximity to another conservation tract are considered. Not only do developers not possess undue..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

SOS: The Amendment That Didn't Bark

SOS slow to submit paired "open government" petitions to city

"...AMD to move its major Austin facility to the Lantana tract on Southwest Parkway, in the contributing zone to..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Stratus Busted for Runoff Pollution at Future AMD Site

Activists say early problems foretell future of construction over aquifer

"...watershed has already occurred due to development on the Lantana Tract, even before Advanced Micro Devices has broken ground..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...and 2002 demonstrate that runoff and groundwater from the Lantana tract (and the contributing zone north of Highway 71)..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column

Point Austin: Beside the Point

This week's action at City Hall

"...resolution requesting that Advanced Micro Devices abandon its planned Lantana campus above the Edwards Aquifer. Most damning was SOS..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Disputing Aquifer 'Facts'

"...and 2002 demonstrate that runoff and groundwater from the Lantana tract (and the contributing zone north of Highway 71)..."

Jan. 16, 2006 Postmarks

Point Austin: Beside the Point

What's on the agenda

"...opinion on city-employee union AFSCME's request to create a contract consultation process...."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

To Bond, or Not to Bond?

Bonds dominate the immediate City Council horizon

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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"...'No' to AMD," and "AMD Sets Its Site on Lantana," News, Dec. 23; and "Blame It on Grandpa," News,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

Blue Lines to White Sheets

Top 10 local stories

"...3) AMD Aims for Lantana: The latest front in the 30-year struggle to protect..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

Aquifer Development Horse Has Left Barn

"...News, Dec. 23, and “AMD Sets Its Site on Lantana,” News, Dec. 23; and “Blame It on Grandpa,” News,..."

Jan. 3, 2006 Postmarks

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...a front-page spread in the Statesman, AMD filed its Lantana site plan with the city...."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

AMD's Plans Call for ...

"...William Cannon Drive in Southwest Austin, known as the Lantana tract. The property is just outside the recharge zone..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Who's Your Grandpa?

Critics say older case gives ammo against AMD, but city staff say they are apples and oranges

"...Stratus Properties, which sought the "grandfathered" status on its Lantana site at Southwest Parkway and William Cannon...."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Silicon Labs to Move Downtown, Out of Watershed

Company's decision to move was partly due to concerns about expanding in environmentally sensitive terrain

"...Devices' plans to build a new campus on the Lantana tract off of Southwest Parkway. Lantana, a 500-acre mixed-use..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Stratus Goes to Council on Lantana

SOS Alliance threatens to sue if application approved

"...Properties for approval of its project plat on the Lantana tract – the heavily disputed piece of southwest land..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Headbutting Over AMD Development Continues

Were traffic study's numbers dishonest?

"...about 2,000 employees into a new facility at the Lantana tract on Southwest Parkway. All the while, AMD spokespeople..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that the district had just cause to end Gonzalez's contract. In June, he had been placed on paid administrative..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature

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