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Environment Ranks High in Council Election

1997 Green Council (Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, 30148)

1997 Green Council
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, 30148

May 1997

Voters elect a 7-member "Green Council" to preserve Austin's quality of life amid significant growth pressures.

They'll be so busy with salamanders, they won't have time for people.

— Edward Medina, supporter of defeated candidate Manuel Zuniga

1997 Green Council

Stewards

Beverly Griffith

Beverly Griffith

Supporting Documents

Austin American-Statesman, June 1, 1997

Related Events

A Chronology of the Institutionalization of Environmental Values

Panel Appointed To Protect Barton Creek
January 1966
Detailed Flood Plain Map
Call For City Environmental Director
June 1970
Office Of Environmental Resource Management Created
1972
City Manager Lynn Andrews, Environmental Director Stuart Henry (from left)
Citizens' Environmental Board Created
May 1972
Citizens' Environmental Board Meeting
Citizen Initiative To Guide Master Plan
1973
Dick Lillie with WeCare Austin
Developer Rebates Discontinued
September 1975
Councilmember Bob Binder's voting recording consistently sides with pro-environmental policy.
Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Groundwater Conservation District Formed
August 1987
The new district covers an area from the Colorado River south almost to the city of Kyle. The eastern boundary roughly follows IH35 & the western edge extends almost to FM 1626.
Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Established
1996
Black-capped Vireo nest
Green Council Elected
May 1997
1997 Green Council
Smart Growth Initiative Announced
1998
Travis County Conservation Plan Approved
December 2014
Graphical Representation of the Travis Land Water and Transportation Plan
The Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District Established
2019
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