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Is it possible for the city of Austin to completely eliminate its solid waste? That's the goal of a new "zero-waste" plan that the city has commissioned a California firm to compose. The plan will presumably expand the recycling program, promote reuse of items, and create a city run composting pickup plan. This is great news for people, like myself, who believe that the city should join others such as Seattle, Portland and San Francisco who currently have zero-waste plans.
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The first camPAIN event is coming this Friday. I will be at the Scoot Inn for the Misprint Magazine Holiday Party to collect signatures to get on the ballot for Austin City Council Place 1. Come to enjoy live music from the Hot Pentacostals and Red Leaves. More information is available here .
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Jennifer Kim is proposing a resolution that will expand services for the city's estimated 6,000 homeless people. This is interesting because not too long ago it was Kim who was supporting a tighter ban on panhandling downtown.
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Here's an article from the NY Times about what makes Portland such a great bicycling city. I decided to google the best bicycle cities in the world, and here is what I found. Note that Austin is nowhere on the list...we have to change that.
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Giving large amounts of incentives to major corporations and developers apparently doesn't help the city, according to a new study. I understand the idea behind incentives, ie getting companies to build facilities which will provide jobs and tax monies, but Austin is growing at such a rate that we don't need to keep giving away money to get companies to move here...they will move here cause this is where the people want to live, and it is a technology center.
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The Austin City Planning Commission has recommended that the current city noise ordinance be changed to reduce the decibel levels based on some residents complaints. The current level is set at 85 decibels, but the planning commission would like to reduce that to 75 decibels. In terms of sound levels, 75 decibels is HALF as loud as 85...HALF! 75 is also the same level as a busy street. Should the city also be reducing traffic on major streets because someone moves into a house on that street and then decides to complain about the noise?
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