Critics Complain Master Plan Being Ignored

City Manager DIck Lillie (right),1982 (Dick Lillie Personal Collection)

City Manager DIck Lillie (right),1982
Dick Lillie Personal Collection

1980

The Austin Tomorrow Plan is officially adopted by City Council. While the plan reflects the environmental priorities of the citizen-driven Goals Assembly in writing, converting these ideas into actionable city code would prove more challenging.  

The plan is 'not being adhered to as stated,'...the problem is that we don't have the ordinances. Without them, it's just a planning tool, a policy.

— Miguel Guerrero, Planning Commission Chair

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A Chronology of Plans and Reports

Barton Creek Blasting Not Advised
December 1964
Barton Creek Greenbelt
Bicentennial Gift To Nation – Creeks Project
1976
Bicentennial Creeks Project Brochure. 1976
Environmental Study Disappoints
October 1979
Barton Creek, 1970s
Austin Tomorrow Master Plan
1980
City Manager DIck Lillie (right),1982
Greenway Study Unveiled
October 1991
Barton Creek, 1989
Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Established
1996
Black-capped Vireo nest
Barton Creek Water Quality Report Released
April 1997
Occasional blooms of oxygen-depleting algae indicate vulnerability of our water resources to nearby development
Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan Approved
2012
Travis County Conservation Plan Approved
December 2014
Graphical Representation of the Travis Land Water and Transportation Plan