A spokesperson for PARD told the Austin Monitor last week that staff recorded the meeting because ATXN staff were unavailable. The recording would be available for the public 'by Monday at the latest.'
Understandably, special called meetings that fall outside their regular schedule can pose all sorts of logistical challenges: Meeting rooms are scarce, since they are generally booked weeks and months in advance, and ATXN needs plenty of lead time to ensure the availability of staff, particularly when meeting schedules overlap.
Given the conspiracy theories surrounding the parks department's relationship with nonprofit partners, which some critics believe have outsize control over city parks and trails, it was a rare and unfortunate set of logistical circumstances.
The board voted 6-2 to recommend that the City Council approve a parkland improvement agreement with the Hill Country Conservancy for the Violet Crown Trail Mile Zero Trailhead project, covering costs up to $900,000.
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