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A Critique of the TUR Partners Report on Town Lake Park
by Larry Akers While TUR Partners made some reasonable recommendations regarding operations at Town Lake Park, their design recommendations became convoluted and very expensive and would produce only marginal improvements in conditions. This critique starts with the failure sources in … Continue reading
City Manager’s Scheme To Shirk Funding Auditorium Shores
City Hall is eagerly embracing the notion that $3.5 million of funding from C3 Productions will take care of renovating the Auditorium Shores portion of Town Lake Park. Council is letting C3 take them off the hook for having failed … Continue reading
Town Lake Park Stakeholders Set the Record Straight
Former Assistant City Manager Rudy Garza and CM Marc Ott have tried to rewrite the terms of the Town Lake Park Community Events Center Venue Project to remove Auditorium Shores from the project and continue redirecting its funding to Convention … Continue reading
Reflections on 2012 Bond Election Part II — Waller Creek Project
In a previous note, I discussed how the City redirected publicauthorization for the construction of Town Lake Park. With theWaller Creek Project again on the bond ballot, we should reflecton its history, too. Support for the Waller Creek Tunnel Project … Continue reading
Reflections on 2012 Bond Election, Part I — Town Lake Park
A central question in the City’s bond election is whether the public can trust the City to deliver on what is proposed, once the taxpayers have obligated and paid their money. If Town Lake Park or the Waller Creek Tunnel … Continue reading
Understanding the Austin Transportation Department’s West Riverside Drive Traffic Analysis
Understanding the Austin Transportation Department’s West Riverside Drive Traffic Analysis by Larry Akers Friends of the Parks of Austin Stakeholder Representative Town Lake Park Community Project Executive Summary Accept the findings. Reject the conclusion. In their West Riverside Drive Traffic … Continue reading
Riverside Drive and Town Lake Park
Riverside Drive and Town Lake Park The Undoing of a Remarkable Compromise or How 7 Seconds of Commute Time Is Worth More Than a Great Park And The Lives of People Who Go There by Larry Akers Friends of the … Continue reading
AIPP and the Alliance Children’s Garden in Butler Park
by Larry Akers Friends of the Parks of Austin Stakeholder, Town Lake Park Community Project One of the issues we will be facing in the planning process is guidance on the planning and design of the Alliance Children’s Garden. The … Continue reading
Suggested Policy Change for Art Acquisitions in Town Lake Park
by Larry Akers Friends of the Parks of Austin Stakeholder, Town Lake Park Community Project Although most of master planning effort of the stakeholder group for Town Lake Park focuses on physical layout and design, there is one policy aspect … Continue reading
City Reverses Illegal Transfer of Venue Funds to Tourism and Promotion Fund
In September, 2011, City of Austin Financial Director Leslie Browder announced that the City was reversing its policy of making annual transfers from the Town Lake Park Venue Fund to the Tourism and Promotion Fund. The policy of transferring $125,000-$130,000 … Continue reading
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