Oak Lawn
Last night’s Oak Lawn Committee meeting was a little more precise with their Robert’s Rules than prior meetings. Given the past few tense months (here, here), I’m not surprised that precision is being used to combat disruption. However, while not disruptive, one member seemed hell-bent on chucking the evening’s projects through the chute by calling…
It’s difficult to be in two places at once. That’s what a reporter’s contacts are for. In addition to last night’s Pink Wall towers’ meeting at the Athena, the Oak Lawn Committee held their monthly clambake (their first since the Lincoln Katy Trail ordeal). As if to bookend that contention, Prescott arrived with their proposal to…
By a narrow margin, Lincoln Property won support from the Oak Lawn Committee in a 16-to-14 vote for their Lincoln Katy Trail project on Carlisle and Hall Streets Wednesday night. This pivotal vote essentially opens up MF-2 zoned properties (36 feet in height) in the area east of the Katy Trail, from Uptown to West…
At last week’s Lincoln meeting at Turtle Creek Terrace concerning their Lincoln Katy Trail project a question was asked about affordable housing units. It was asked how many Toll Brothers was providing. Some didn’t think there were any affordable units in that project. I volunteered that there was a 10 percent affordable component. I was…
I could open by saying this was a full house, but the room in question wasn’t large, seating approximately 30 people. So “full” would be misleading. Most of the attendees appeared to be owners hoping to sell their property to Lincoln for their Lincoln Katy Trail project on Carlisle and Hall Streets. There was some…
