RG4N CALLS FOR THIRD-PARTY FACILITATOR

In a late breaking news development, RG4N is calling for a third-party facilitator to assist with negotiations between Lincoln Property Company, which owns Northcross Mall, and neighborhood groups.

In a letter provided on Monday, March 26th to Austin Assistant City Manager Laura Huffman, RG4N stated that the minor revisions made to the development plan by Lincoln and Wal-Mart do not address priority concerns in any meaningful way. Responses from Northcross-area neighborhood associations stated similar disappointments. However, RG4N also highlighted the failure of City management to play an objective role in facilitating negotiations between the developer and neighborhood representatives.

Rather than seek a similar path to resolving the Northcross issue, the City chose to pay $224,000 in taxpayer dollars to hire an attorney from Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP to fight the neighborhood groups and help Wal-Mart build a Supercenter at Northcross. RG4N continues to call upon City Council to cancel all contracts with Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP regarding Northcross, and instead use City resources to develop a real solution and avoid legal action.