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Officials say vote on Austin Transit Partnership office lease and buildout will be pulled for further review after public concern
Summary
During the briefing a participant raised concerns about agenda items for the Austin Transit Partnership — a downtown office lease costing up to $32,000,000 over 10 years and up to $15,000,000 for construction — and reported a memorandum indicating those items will not be voted on Wednesday pending further analysis.
A participant at the Austin press briefing questioned whether proposed downtown office spending tied to the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) is appropriate while municipal services face cuts.
The participant said a memorandum had just been issued and that two agenda items related to ATP would not be voted on at the Wednesday meeting. The items cited by the participant were (as described in the briefing): a proposed downtown office lease potentially costing up to $32,000,000 over a 10‑year period and authorization of…
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