Council Watch

City Council considers status of various development-related lawsuits in executive sessions.

"...declared unconstitutional (Item 13: City of Austin v. LS Ranch Ltd., et al), and landowners sued in Hays County..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...that represents. On at least one tract, owned by ranchers Ralph and Lois Pfluger, the city may lose out..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature

Going, Going, Gone?

Gary Bradley agrees to sell 1,000 acres of land to the city

"...agreed to sell to the city all of Pfluger Ranch, about 70 acres of Spillar Ranch, and 75% of..."

March 17, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Developer Gary Bradley pulls back on legislation that would create a special development district for his Spillar Ranch property southwest of Austin, but the development could move forward anyway.

"...would have created a special development district for Bradley's Spillar Ranch property southwest of Austin. In a letter to..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Council Watch

sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement

"...any purpose, including watering the golf course on the Spillar Ranch and Pfluger Ranch properties...."

March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...city agrees to sell wholesale water/wastewater service to his Spillar Ranch, a 1,000-plus acre expanse just south of his..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

The Inside Deal

"...would form a special county development district for his Spillar Ranch development in Hays County. The bill, filed Tuesday..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Hays County transportation plan goes back for further study; MoPac extension to San Marcos is tanked for time being.

"...regarding the city's negotiations with Gary Bradley over the Spillar Ranch proposal. The proposed development would put at least..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...Sharp, and Ira Yates, buy the 2,700-acre Circle C Ranch in Southwest Austin from Polly Brooks (Yates' mother).1983 City..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Millionaire heir Hatsy Heep Shaffer says developer Gary Bradley has been improperly claiming he has her consent to use water on her land for his development in southern Travis County.

"...Shaffer is an heir to the Heep Ranch, which consists of several tracts of land adjacent to..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Matter Over Mind

The proposed Cypress Realty Development in Dripping Springs

"...Earth -- about 900 acres of the old Christal Ranch, off FM 1826 in northwest Hays County. "It seemed..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...homes, a hotel, and retail development on the Spiller Ranch site in northern Hays County...."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Roadblock

"...26, the purchase of 2,700 acres in the Rutherford Ranch tract by Cypress Realty of Houston...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

Bills that would create a special taxing and development district for Gary Bradley's Spillar Tract land move forward at the Lege, despite Bradley's apparent violation of his agreement with the city.

"...would create a special taxing district for the Bradley-owned Spillar tract in Hays County, where a luxury hotel developer..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Hays County environmentalists and other area residents applaud a recent LCRA decision to delay building a water pipeline to Dripping Springs until an Environmental Impact Statement can be completed.

"...thousands of homes at a site known as Rutherford Ranch in northern Hays County, the land is still ripe..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Terms Sheet Terminology

The proposed agreement between Gary Bradley and the city of Austin

"...to the same conditions. Bradley will dissolve the Pfluger Ranch WQPZ, which it owns, and will attempt to withdraw..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Hot Buttons in Hays County

"...Spillar Ranch: A residential and commercial development on 1,000 acres..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

This Week in Council

"...the city), Bradley would agree to annexation of his Spillar Ranch and Pfluger Ranch properties. In return, both properties..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Invasion of the Water Snatchers

Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies

"...Lloyd. The project could include several parcels including the Spillar Ranch south of the Circle C Ranch development. The..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Down to Two

Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.

"...west you're talking. If you go further south of [Spillar Ranch], we do need to look at the consequences...."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Seeing the (Green) Light

Environment, Neighborhoods Set the Tone for Place 2 Race

"...settled the city's long-standing oppositional stance against Gary Bradley's Spillar Ranch development in Southwest Austin. Dissenters wonder, not so..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

The Laws of the Land

Hatfield and McCoy Drama Unfolds Over Aquifer

"...Additionally, Mid-Tex's drilling application to TNRCC shows that the Spillar Ranch development plans to spread treated effluent on spray-irrigated..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Council Watch

Peace at Last? City, Gary Bradley Strike the Deal to End All Deals

"...realm of structural water quality controls, Bradley's ungrandfathered tracts, Spillar and Pfluger (about 1,800 acres), will be developed to..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Veni, Vidi, Vici at Vaca y Vino

Multitasking hospitality pros tackle a 1,000-pound steer at benefit event

"...sun rose over the oak-tree-lined grassy meadow at Bridges Ranch, I pulled up to find Lou Lambert's team hard..."

May 3, 2013 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Council Watch

Business as Usual: After Bradley, Council Moves on to Other Things

"...previous negotiations with Bradley to get purchase options on Spillar and Pfluger Ranch, which have since gone the way..."

April 7, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson