| Trinity River Project on Schedule, When Timelines Updated |
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| by Tom McGregor | Wed, Feb 13, 2008, 07:07 PM |
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Trinity officials claimed to have met all of its deadlines. After the presentation, most of the council members, including Mayor Tom Leppert, praised the officials for completing the scheduled projects on time. Even Councilman Mitchell Rasansky, a man not easily fooled, spoke to praise the agency’s on-time performance. Councilwoman Angela Hunt, however, did not join with the chorus of praise. She suggested that the Trinity River Corridor project was may be on schedule, because the agency had revised the timeline to show that deadlines were met. The timeline was last updated a few days ago. Hunt proposed that all timelines, including previous ones that had changed, be posted on the Web site. Councilman David Neumann responded by giving a lengthy speech about “transparency,” although he did not say, “yes” or “no” to the idea. Councilwoman Hunt put forward a motion on the timelines issue, but the rest of the council members only agreed to take her request into consideration. A vote on the On a miscellaneous item, Councilman Ron Natinsky threatened to slow-down the construction of low-cost housing projects and delay issuing building permits to developers for the “proposed 150-unit Frazier Berean residential development for seniors located at In spite of his comments , Councilman Natinsky voted in favor of the low-income housing project when Mayor Leppert called for a vote on this item of the agenda.
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written by Grrr , February 14, 2008 Oh boy, I am so glad that everyone (but Hunt) is seemingly over-joyed with the on-time performance on the snaking mud hole project. High fives all around. I was not snarky about this project 11 YEARS AGO when I voted for it. I loved the idea. But, council members should promise the citizens of Dallas, "there is a good possibility that the Trinity River Project will be completed before you die."
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written by Young Dallasite , February 14, 2008 Angela Hunt not pleased? Going against the entire council like a modern day Don Quixote? Putting on pointless political theatre? What else is new?
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written by FYI , February 14, 2008 Mr. McGregor, some observations… 1. You open by talking about a presentation on Tuesday. This could only be referring to the briefing to the Trinity River Project Committee on Tuesday, February 4. However, you go right into what happened at Wednesday’s city council meeting. Very confusing. 2. The request wasn’t for $10 million. It was for $1.5 million, which would bring the total amount spent on the EIS to $10 million. 3. You wrote, “A vote on the Dallas Convention Center and Visitors Bureau was the big issue of the public hearing.” First of all, if this was the big issue, why isn’t this the main part of the story? And why do you only recite the item and simply mention the people who voted against it? Also, there was no vote “on the Dallas Convention Center & Visitors Bureau.” The vote was to authorize the expenditure of Dallas Convention Center & Visitors Bureau funds to put an option on the land.
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written by Charles Murdock , February 14, 2008 I had considered deleting my DallasBlog bookmark after Sam Merten left for the observer. But local political stories like this will keep me coming back. Thanks for your coverage, Tom.
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written by Brown Bess , February 14, 2008 Yep. Read this and then read the account of the same meeting by Jim S. over at Unfair Park. Sam Merten is missed.
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written by sal costello , February 14, 2008 Texans BEARING ARMS To Stop TxDOT!: http://salcostello.blogspot.com/
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written by Wylie H. , February 15, 2008 Lots, lots more to these stories: 1) Changing Trinity River deadlines and evading accountability; 2) The City entering into the private real estate development business in a big, big way. Both of these stories have major implications. Write comment
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At the public hearing on Tuesday at City Hall, representatives from the Trinity River Corridor project gave a presentation and requested $10 million from the City, “to continue with the next phase of work associated with the Trinity Parkway Environmental Impact” report.
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