Downtown

November 1996

• Austin Downtown Rangers
  In June 1996 the Rangers received training in the following areas: 1) Customer Service, from ACVB, 2) Sensitivity Training, from CARITAS, 3) First Aid training, from EMS, and 4) CPR training, also from EMS.

• Downtown Development Initiatives
  A public hearing on the TIF (Tax Increment Finance district) is tentatively scheduled for December 12, 1996.

• Downtown Parking Plan
  Award of the RFP for an electronic parking meter system is anticipated in November 1996. The conversion to electronic meters will be over a two to three year plan; the first phase of installation is expected to be complete by January 1997.

• First Tuesday Downtown
  The Alliance is committed to producing First Tuesday Downtown the first Tuesday of each month through December, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. Venues remain open after hours and there are many sidewalk activities until 9 p.m. Attendance reports have been between 3,500 and 5,000 for the initial July and August events. The final First Tuesday of 1996 is December 3.

• Holly To Seaholm Transmission Line
  All transmission line construction on related distribution lines at the Rainey Street yard, along Festival Beach Road and on Bergman Drive is in progress. Design work on landscaping plan along the transmission route is underway.

• Lamar Boulevard Bridge
  Preliminary engineering is near completion. As part of the preliminary engineering public input is currently being sought. This began with a public meeting September 10, 1996 and a public hearing October 24 and 31, 1996. Two to three more public hearings are anticipated. The City Council will be presented with the alternatives and results of public input before selection of an option on which preliminary engineering will be completed.

• O. Henry Museum Preservation Plan
  The shutters are scheduled for installation during the week of October 21.

• Shoal Creek Flood Repair
  The project is in warranty.