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The council takes up recommendations from the Urban Transportation Commission, and considers a larger resolution to revamp the city's system of boards and commissions altogether.

Local news this week in Austin.

Local news this week in Austin.

Despite an expected cancellation of the scheduled public hearing on the city's settlement with Stratus Properties, two council members have put forth a motion to start negotiations on a land or development rights swap between Stratus and the city's land at the former Mueller airport.

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

Beverly Griffith's populist ideas, once held by a majority of the council, are finding few friends as Mayor Watson turns the council's agenda toward transportation.

Lumberman's Investment Corporation has offered a compromise to the city on its plans for the Sand Beach Reserve, located just north of Town Lake; the CityCouncil approves a $1.8 billion budget.

Television's latest phenomenon Big Brother is here -- and it couldn't be more boring; also, Freaks &Geeks finds a home, and Austin at Issue introduces us to new council members.

Citizens voice their approval of the recommendations of the Police Oversight Focus Group; proposed City Hall balloons and its price tag grows; Rainey Street Historic District nears its day of reckoning.

Neighborhoods get together for a workshop to discuss how to deal with Smart Growth, redevelopment, and neighborhood empowerment.

May 6 Election Results

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

Brigid Shea resigns from the Save Our Springs pac over the board's refusal to endorse Kirk Watson for mayor; Millennium March on Washington is April 30.

Council Countdown

Off the Desk

Council considers issues ranging from the Seaholm Power Plant, to the Gotham condominium project, to Southpark Meadows.

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

A New Activist Group Forms To Stop Hyde Park Baptist ChurchÕs Development Plans.

We're Not Naive

Guarding the Box

City looks to fill in some of the gaps of inequity during times of crisis

Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

Women's group ponders its future with parent organization

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