SaveTownLake.Org Wins Important Court Ruling
Posted on: Friday, 20 July 2007, 00:04 CDT
Today a Travis County District Judge denied the City of Austin's attempt to dismiss SaveTownLake.org's lawsuit against the City of Austin for violation of the Texas Open Meetings Act. SaveTownLake.org contends that the City illegally changed the City's Land Development Code in 1999 by adopting a "Plain English" re-codification that was represented to the public as "non substantive" when in fact material elements of the original Waterfront Overlay Ordinance were omitted without proper public notice or hearings.
SaveTownLake.org's attorney, Bradley B. Clark, argued at Tuesday's hearing that the City continues to maintain that the 1999 Ordinance does not do what SaveTownLake.org says it does. At one point in Tuesday's hearing, Mr. Clark showed the judge the 1986 ordinance and the 1999 ordinance and showed the court that height limitations were in fact omitted from the 1999 Ordinance. The City's attorney did not respond.
SaveTownLake.org filed suit against the City to re-instate these height limitations to preserve the historic Town Lake Corridor.
Tom Cooke, Vice President of SaveTownLake.org, said "The City needs to quit using legal road blocks and delay tactics when it is clear the City made serious misrepresentations to the citizens of Austin. While the City recently reinstated part of what was omitted--the citizens' right to appeal--there remain many key provisions of the 1986 ordinance that for reasons I can't understand, the City refuses to correct." Mr. Cooke went on to say that "The Mayor and members of the City Council need to take responsibility and correct the situation now."
Save Our Springs "SOS" Alliance Joins the Fight
SOS joins the Travis County Democratic party, The Austin Neighborhood Council (representing 68 neighborhood associations), the South Austin Democrats, Livable cities and over 5,000 Austinites in endorsing the efforts of SaveTownLake.org.
SaveTownLake.org is dedicating the "Concert to Save Town Lake" at Stubb's Amphitheater on Friday, July 20th to the memory of Lady Bird Johnson. Her tireless efforts to preserve and protect Town Lake inspired many. SaveTownLake.org is dedicated to continuing the legacy that Lady Bird established over thirty years ago.
More information about the efforts to preserve the Town Lake corridor and the Concert to Save Town Lake can be found at www.SaveTownLake.org.
Source: Business Wire
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