Posted Feb 18, 2013, 9:33 PM
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http://www.statesman.com/news/busine...ol-comp/nWRdg/
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Posted: 7:50 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013
CONTINUING COVERAGE: STATE PROPERTY
Legislators addressing development in Capitol complex
By Laylan Copelin
American-Statesman Staff
Concerns about plans to build out the Capitol complex have some lawmakers reconsidering the role of public-private partnerships, including changes in state law that could afford Austin neighborhoods some protection from commercial development on state lands.
Public-private partnerships — commonly called P3s — aren’t going away, but powerful legislators are telling Terry Keel, executive director of the Texas Facilities Commission, that the controversial financing option might not be right for the heart of the Capitol complex.
Also, state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, has filed legislation that would require the state, in most instances, to follow local land use and zoning rules when it develops state lands in neighborhoods outside the Capitol complex.
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