The Downtown Development Advisory Group expects to have their final report ready to forward to the City Council by the end of May. Included in the report will be a recommendation for a downtown planning and development corporation. A Request for Qualifications was issued February 26, 1999. Seven responses were received and reviewed. The work continues on the Brazos side of the Driskill Hotel.
All areas are almost complete.
All areas still need the trees and shrubs. Construction on the west side is finished. May. The Driskill corner construction will be completed in May 1999. The Downtown Austin Alliance has contracted with Donna Carter, Carter Design Associates, to develop a standard streetscape design for Downtown, to be used as the minimum standard. The City Council authorized HDR Engineering to provide design phase services in January 1999.