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http://www.statesman.com/business/de...d-1556414.html

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...ise_in_wo.html

Council approved it yesterday. Of course Morrison voted no. :rolleyes:

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/conte...ng_change.html

Did morrison gave any reason for her vote??

maybe you'll find the answer to your question over here:

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/cityclerk...110623-reg.htm

Maybe not!!!

She said the city was putting the cart before the horse. :rolleyes:

So pretty much that it was a development and would increase the property taxes from $100k to $1.5 mil was reason enough. If it were a vote to turn that little equipment shop into a historic site and allow it to not pay taxes then I'm sure she would have been thrilled to vote for it.

I don't think the average person has any idea how much money these skyscraper properties generate for the local tax base and what benefit they offer to the community. People were raising the issue with F1 of not using that money to pay for it since we don't have enough for school spending. The funny thing is most of these projects end up generating money that pays for schools. Oh, if only humans relied on logic instead of emotions like the Vulcans do. :D

If you look on Google Maps the tree is right smack dab in the middle of the site.

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/...e-1671894.html

I love Pecan trees. They are some of my favorites. I have some here at my house and planted quite a few out at my farm. But none of them are even close to 32 inches. That is a real shame.

Why can't they move it? It says because of utilities. I have to find that kind of hard to believe. There must be some way to move the tree. Have the developers pay to have the lines lowered for a week while they move the tree.

Shouldn't the lines around the property be buried anyway after the building is finished? I'm not real familiar with that lot, but I do know the tree sits smack dab in the middle of it. So there's at least no way they could build around it. I highly doubt it anyway.

http://www.statesman.com/business/do...y-1874060.html

It doesn't mention a timeframe at all for this building.

Link is to the Whitely article. EDIT: never mind.. didn't notice that they were all the same article! doh ;)

in a 3 to 4 vote the planning commission has struck down the 5th and Bowie Tower.

Fuckers. Those fuckers.

Usually planning comission decisions are no more than recommendations to the city council. But the heritage tree ordinance seems to require the planning comission support before a project can move forward.

Saving that single tree in lieu of downtown densification sure seems anti-environmental. Maybe the developer can offer to plant a bunch of trees on Austin parkland or elsewhere in the city and appeal the decision. That certaintly seems like a win for everyone.

Too bad they seem unable to build around the tree and incorporate it into the building itself. That would be awesome to see.

Great... now those future residents can build in a neighbood that had to cut down 30 pecan trees over our watershed. More short sighted, small thinking by our government.

That's right. Never mind all Oaks, Pecans, etc., and cotton fields that will vanish because the stupid anti-growth folks are worried about one tree in the middle of downtown.