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Company behind fast-tracked Dog’s Head project revealed · Austin Signal

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  We now know which Fortune 100
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  company is behind the Dog's Head
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  project in East Austin.
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  That venture moved through the
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  Austin City Council with some
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  urgency this year.
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  We're going to tell you more about
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  this week's developments.
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  And the city is also set to begin
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  construction on a years-long major
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  project in Northeast Austin.
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  What's happening at the site of the
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  old Home Depot at St. John's?
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  We've got the latest coming up on
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  today's show.
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  The Austin Signal is a production
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  of KUT News, hosted by
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  Jerry Quijano.
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  No summer barbecue is complete
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  without the perfect playlist.
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  We've got the best tunes of July
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  from our sister station, KUTX.
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  And if tranquility is your jam,
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  well, we've got more book
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  recommendations to dive into.
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  Plenty more coming up on today's
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  show. That is up next, right
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  here on Austin Signal.
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  Howdy out there, this is Austin
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  Signal.
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  I'm your host, Jerry Quijano, thank
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  you for joining us.
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  It is Wednesday, July 22nd,
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  and it is a hot one out there.
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  The National Weather Service has the
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  Austin area under an extreme heat
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  warning until eight tonight,
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  saying to expect dangerously hot
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  conditions.
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  While temperatures are currently
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  projected to peak at 104
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  degrees, that's air temperatures,
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  the heat index, or feels like
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  temperature, could reach 115,
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  so stay hydrated.
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  As stay in some cool areas and
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  take some breaks.
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  We have more coverage and
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  a list of city resources to stay
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  cool over at kut.org.
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  The reason why we
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  have less representation in
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  the state of Texas, the reason why
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  they continue to lose our rights
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  in the State of Texas is
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  because of Greg Abbott.
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  Greg Abbot.
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  You just heard from Bridgette
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  Bandit, the drag performer behind a
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  vigil hosted last night at the
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  intersection of 4th and Colorado
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  Streets.
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  That's the site in the city's LGBTQ
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  plus district where rainbow
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  crosswalks were once painted.
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  That art was removed over the
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  weekend following a directive from
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  the state to remove murals on
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  roadways or else risk losing
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  state and federal transportation
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  funding.
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  Dozens gathered around 8 p.m.
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  Last night where the colorful art
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  crosswalks once were to condemn the
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  removal of the art...
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  And to call for more representation.
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  And while the city of San Antonio
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  responded to the state directive by
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  painting sidewalks in their LGBTQ
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  plus district pride colors,
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  Austin LGBTQ quality
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  of life commissioner Stephen Rivas
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  told KUT News that the city
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  has no plans to do something similar
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  right now due to upcoming
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  construction on Austin's light
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  rail system.
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  We will continue following this
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  story later this week, right here on
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  Austin Signal.
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  After years of planning and
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  discussion, the City of Austin is
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  set to begin construction this week
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  on a major project at
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  I-35 and St. John's Avenue.
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  As KUT's Luz Moreno Lozano
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  reports, the property in northeast
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  Austin has long sat
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  vacant.
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  The St. John's Pocket Park is quiet
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  on a recent Tuesday morning.
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  Swings aren't swinging, slides are
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  empty, and there are no picnic
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  tables underneath the pavilion.
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  I'm looking at the entire property
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  completely surrounded by fences
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  and signs that say
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  danger and no trespassing.
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  The park closed earlier this month
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  to make way for a redevelopment
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  project.
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  The property, owned by the city of
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  Austin, is set to become a mixed-use
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  community with more than 500 housing
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  units, retail space, and a four-acre
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  park.
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  It's part of a 2020 vision plan the
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  city of Austin adopted after years
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  of community input.
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  Christine Frendle is overseeing the
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  redevelopment.
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  I think being able to see it,
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  to see it come to life over the next
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  two years is going to be kind
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  of amazing, right?
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  You set a community of vision in
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  2020, and council adopts it.
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  And then in 2028, it's built.
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  And so I think that'll be
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  an amazing process to
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  watch.
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  The redevelopment of the site, which
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  used to house a home depot and car
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  dealership, is a long time coming.
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  In 2006, Austin voters approved
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  bond money to purchase the site.
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  The city originally thought it could
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  be used to expand public safety
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  facilities, but Friendel says the
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  location wasn't ideal.
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  So city leaders, in conjunction with
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  the community, began creating a
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  vision plan in 2017.
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  The goal was to meet the community's
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  needs while respecting the history
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  of the neighborhood.
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  St. John's has been a hub for
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  Austin's black community since at
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  least the late 1800s.
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  That's when a group of pastors with
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  the St.John Regular Baptist District
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  Association purchased about 350
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  acres of land to open an orphanage
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  and school.
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  Later, they sold the land to
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  individual black families to build
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  their homes.
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  Frendle says the city plans to honor
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  that history with a community art
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  piece.
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  So we'll be working with Art in
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  Public Places over the next two
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  years.
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  We have an artist on board, her name
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  is Jessica Bell, who comes
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  from a long history of community
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  making.
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  So working with the community to
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  create concepts and bring them to
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  life. The project is set to be full-
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  functional by 2028.
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  Frendel says the hope is that the
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  housing units can be ready to accept
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  tenants by the end of next year.
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  I'm Luz Moreno Lozano in Austin.
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  Well, the secret is out.
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  After months of speculation, we now
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  know the identity of the Fortune 100
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  company behind the Dog's Head
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  project in East Austin.
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  During an Austin City Council work
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  session this week, Assistant City
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  Manager Eric Johnson revealed that
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  Amazon Robotics is the big tenant
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  being courted by developers for the
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  mixed use development that's being
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  planned along the Colorado River.
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  Luz Moreno Lozano is KUT
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  City Hall reporter.
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  She has been following the latest
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  developments on this project and
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  she's here with us for more.
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  Hello, Luz.
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  Hi, Jerry.
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  So, first off, let's back up a
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  few months to when the Austin City
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  Council first voted to approve the
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  annexation of this area.
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  There was a bit of controversy
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  around how quickly it moved, we
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  talked a little bit about that on
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  this show, but in case folks aren't
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  familiar, can you give us a recap of
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  the plans for this development and
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  how quickly it all went down?
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  Yeah, you know, this happened back
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  in like late May, the City
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  Council put on the agenda this
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  annexation of 2,600
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  acres along the Colorado River,
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  which they were calling the dog's
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  head tracks. And we didn't really
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  know much about it. Like the City
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  council didn't go through some of
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  its normal processes like
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  the environmental commission or
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  planning and zoning commission that
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  it normally would for this kind of
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  And they kind of fast-tracked it.
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  And they didn't give us a lot of
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  details about why, but it was this
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  like 45-year deal
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  that would allow this like mixed-use
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  development and there would be
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  housing and, you know, potentially a
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  park and a couple of other amenities
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  as part of it,
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  including commercial uses.
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  And so it kind of took a minute to
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  really get down to the bottom of
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  what was happening until later this
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  week.
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  Yeah, we didn't know that much about
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  it when we talked to Andrea Ball
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  from the Austin Current.
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  She told us and her reporting showed
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  that the residents and neighbors
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  around this area also knew very
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  little about what was going on
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  there.
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  So what do we know so far about what
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  Amazon potentially has planned for
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  this project?
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  Well, so this is their this
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  is a what they're
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  calling the robotics division that
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  is it that is proposing on this
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  project.
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  I don't think we know too much about
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  like what they would do.
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  I think that I did some
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  research just about what the
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  robotics Division even does.
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  And they do like a lot of like
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  robotic building for their for
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  their distribution facilities.
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  So robots that help with packages
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  and those kinds of things that are
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  working alongside humans.
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  I think there's potential for a
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  data center that I've heard a lot
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  of, you know, I think
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  there's a lot things that this
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  property could do and this developer
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  could do, and so I think in
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  the coming weeks and months we're
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  going to learn a lot about what
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  kind of industrial manufacturing
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  facility is actually going to be
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  there.
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  What do we know so far about
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  what Amazon's role was, if anything,
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  in fast-tracking the approval of
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  this entire development?
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  You know, I don't, that part
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  of the conversation, I haven't had a
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  lot of time to dive into.
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  I think that like Amazon has
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  been looking and courting this
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  particular property for a couple of
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  years. I think we heard Eric Johnson
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  say yesterday that this has been in
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  the works for like three years.
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  So I don't think it's a surprise
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  to the city council that this is
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  coming forward, but I do think
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  that, yeah, it
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  was quick.
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  That this whole process has been
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  really quick and there hasn't been a
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  lot of public discussion about this
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  as we've heard from Andrea and
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  from Andrew who's been covering this
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  as well.
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  This has just been really fast and
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  what we're learning about it is
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  literally in real time.
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  I think we'll learn a lot tomorrow
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  as the city council kind of lays out
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  their next decision process.
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  Well, as you said, there hasn't been
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  a terrible amount of time for public
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  feedback on this development,
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  but there is, has been plenty of
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  time, for public reaction after this
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  week's news.
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  What have you heard so far?
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  You know, I think residents are
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  concerned.
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  There's a lot of environmental
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  concerns about like
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  where they're developing, especially
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  since it's so close to the river.
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  I think there's a of residents who
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  live in that area who would be
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  significantly impacted by what
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  this development could bring.
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  I mean, this is a 2,600 acre
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  project.
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  I mean that's bigger than the
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  domain. That's bigger then Mueller.
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  I mean this is really large project
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  and it's gonna have.
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  Thousands of homes, including
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  apartments, commercial businesses,
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  and so I think people
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  who live out there are rightfully
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  concerned about what that would mean
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  for them.
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  And you mentioned finding out more
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  tomorrow, what's happening tomorrow.
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  Yeah, so the City Council tomorrow
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  has to create a what they
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  call a TURS, which is a
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  Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone.
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  It basically allows the city to use
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  a portion of tax dollars to
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  reinvest in things like roads and
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  utilities.
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  And the project basically can't move
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  forward without it.
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  I think the developer could build
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  on it and the City council will
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  decide what that
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  looks like. But yeah, this is
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  a really big vote for the city
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  council tomorrow.
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  OK, so it sounds like what happened
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  on Tuesday was kind of the first
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  step, but there is still a bigger
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  step to come tomorrow.
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  Yeah, I do think that with the
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  vote of the TURS, it'll kind of move
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  that project forward.
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  And then in the coming months, we'll
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  learn more about what this plan
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  includes, including the number of
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  houses and what kinds of businesses
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  are going to be there and exactly
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  what Amazon is planning to put
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  there.
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  All right, that is Luz Moreno
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  Lozano. She is KUT City
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  Hall reporter, and when we
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  have more about the dog's head
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  development, we will bring it to you
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  right here on Austin Signal.
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  Luz, thank you.
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  Thanks, Jerry.
• 11:04
  Alright a couple more headlines that
• 11:06
  you need to know for your Wednesday
• 11:08
  as we mentioned at the top of the
• 11:09
  show there is a heat advisory for
• 11:11
  most of central Texas until 8
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  o'clock tonight.
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  That includes Bastrop, Burnett,
• 11:16
  Caldwell, Comal, Hayes, Travis,
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  Williamson Counties.
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  The forecast high is just
• 11:22
  going to hit over 100 degrees that's
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  just the air temperature though
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  because of all the rains that
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  we have been experiencing we are
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  expecting high humidity.
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  Could make it feel as hot as 112,
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  115 degrees out there.
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  So please take a break and
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  stay cool. There are places to stay
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  cool, we have more resources over
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  at kut.org.
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  The deaf community is morning a
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  rising star today.
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  In American Sign Language, her
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  father, Joshua, confirmed her
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  She's best known for her role in
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  Kong and its 2024 sequel,
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  with Kong, earning her praise for
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  her representation in her community.
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  We have more Austin Signal coming up
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  after this break.
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  Stay with us.
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  You're listening to Austin Signal.
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  My name is Stephanie Federico, and I
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  am the editor of KUT's Art
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  Beat.
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  We're in the middle of the Field
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  I'm Stephanie Federico and this
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  is Austin Signal.
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  It's the season for barbecues
• 14:45
  and pool hangs, and of course you
• 14:46
  need some music to tie it all
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  together.
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  And today we're talking the best
• 14:50
  songs from July, and here to
• 14:52
  help us out is Joel Aguillon
• 14:53
  Lafargue from our sister station
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  KUTX. Joel, welcome back to Austin
• 14:57
  Signal. Hello, thank you for having
• 14:58
  me.
• 14:59
  So let's start with the most recent
• 15:01
  artist of the month.
• 15:02
  That is the artist of month for
• 15:03
  July.
• 15:04
  Who are they and what's the song?
• 15:06
  Well, Quinton is originally
• 15:08
  from Corpus Christi, and is now
• 15:09
  based in Austin, and brings pop
• 15:12
  rock swagger to their latest track,
• 15:14
  Lucy in Disguise.
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  Off their album.
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  And Quinton was actually in Studio
• 15:19
  1A recently.
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  You got a chance to check out their
• 15:21
  performance.
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  What did you think?
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  Awesome, sick.
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  It was...
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  My first time seeing them.
• 15:26
  Oh really?
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  Okay. Our South by Southwest
• 15:28
  showcase back in March.
• 15:31
  I wanna be that girl
• 15:34
  When you're walking down the street
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  You've got some
• 15:43
  power, girl
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  They call their music and this
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  latest album like a love letter to
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  the 20s.
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  And as someone entering their 20s
• 15:54
  and just starting off my 20s, I
• 15:56
  definitely connect with all of this
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  music that they're putting out,
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  especially this last track where
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  they've like they dedicated to their
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  identity, to their own self
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  acceptance and the city of Austin.
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  Just awesome stuff, awesome stuff
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  coming out of this artist.
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  They also got to go to South by
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  Southwest London.
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  Oh, really? Yeah.
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  Oh, and now I think that's sort of
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  striking a chord now, because they
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  talked about that during their
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  Studio 1A performance, correct?
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  Yes. OK, OK, cool.
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  That Studio 1a performance, that was
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  last week.
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  It's not yet up on the KUTX
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  YouTube page, but you will be able
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  to check that out very, very soon.
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  Let's talk about another artist of
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  the month who has another great
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  single out ahead of their album
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  release, the Any Medals.
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  It seems like they're releasing
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  banger after banger.
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  What's this latest one?
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  The Anymaros!
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  Every one of their singles, as you
• 16:42
  said, has been bangers and has
• 16:44
  been played on KUTX
• 16:46
  and been in rotation, and
• 16:48
  this track, La Camita, is
• 16:50
  a cover of the early 70s Peruvian
• 16:52
  rock band Traffic Sound.
• 16:54
  It lands somewhere between trippy
• 16:56
  and traditional.
• 16:57
  Okay, well we have some of their
• 16:59
  music from their Studio 1A
• 17:01
  performance, whatever, however many
• 17:02
  months back it was.
• 17:03
  Let's take a listen to some of it
• 17:04
  right here.
• 17:22
  Alright, you can check out that full
• 17:23
  performance on the KU-TX
• 17:25
  YouTube page.
• 17:26
  A few more artists and songs
• 17:28
  featured in this month's list.
• 17:29
  What stands out to you?
• 17:31
  Well, Montev...
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  Warden and the Wagoneers released
• 17:33
  their track, Doghouse Flowers.
• 17:35
  They actually performed at the very
• 17:37
  first South by Southwest, so I guess
• 17:39
  a lot of artists with prominent
• 17:41
  South by southwest connections.
• 17:42
  Wow, the first South-by-ever-ever?
• 17:44
  Ever.
• 17:45
  Oh, dang. Okay.
• 17:45
  Ever, and that led to them walking
• 17:47
  away with a record deal, which
• 17:49
  also led to the defining album
• 17:51
  of contemporary Honky Tonk,
• 17:54
  Stout and High.
• 17:55
  They're back at it with an absolute
• 17:57
  ripper of a rockabilly number,
• 17:59
  Doghouse Flowers.
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  She's getting angrier
• 18:02
  by the eye Mmm,
• 18:05
  I'm getting beautiful
• 18:07
  There ain't no one way out
• 18:10
  Or I'll never...
• 18:10
  You're underestimating the power of
• 18:12
  the doorknob, well, get
• 18:14
  it!
• 18:15
  Okay, those are just some of the few
• 18:16
  tracks that are featured in this
• 18:18
  month's list.
• 18:19
  But you have been very busy here at
• 18:21
  KUTX over the summer, and really all
• 18:22
  of 2026.
• 18:24
  So we heard the best songs that KUTx
• 18:26
  as a group thought rose to
• 18:28
  the occasion in the month of July.
• 18:29
  What are some of songs that are
• 18:31
  staying in your rotation this
• 18:32
  summer? Well, I'm personally keeping
• 18:34
  it eclectic.
• 18:34
  It this summer with some good
• 18:36
  old shoegaze and dream pop.
• 18:39
  My favorites are BattleBots by
• 18:41
  Keepsake, an awesome bass band,
• 18:43
  and the vocalist has some belts
• 18:45
  just like to die for.
• 18:48
  So good, so awesome,
• 18:50
  gonna see them live soon.
• 18:51
  Excited for that.
• 18:52
  Okay, where's the other one?
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  The other one is Sundown
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  by Starflower59.
• 18:57
  They emerged in 1993,
• 18:59
  so we're taking it back.
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  The track is somber and
• 19:03
  groovy and it makes me feel like a
• 19:05
  cowboy for some reason
• 19:15
  What'd you say?
• 19:19
  All right, I guess I can sort of
• 19:20
  feel you. I feel like we're riding
• 19:21
  off into the sunset together.
• 19:23
  And you are a classic KU-TX
• 19:25
  intern to pick something from right
• 19:28
  now and 1993 as well.
• 19:29
  You did say that you were going
• 19:31
  eclectic, though.
• 19:32
  So thank you for bringing your
• 19:33
  eclectics taste today.
• 19:34
  Oh, yeah. That is Joel Aguillon
• 19:36
  Lafadge from our sister station
• 19:38
  KUTX.
• 19:39
  We're going to have more of their
• 19:40
  best songs from this month in
• 19:42
  today's podcast, Show Notes.
• 19:44
  And that is it for us today
• 19:46
  here on Austin Signal.
• 19:48
  We're gonna have more from today's
• 19:50
  stories in the podcast show notes in
• 19:52
  a KUT.org
• 19:54
  slash signal.
• 19:56
  Rayna Sevilla is our technical
• 19:57
  director.
• 19:58
  Alexandra Hart is our producer.
• 20:00
  Kristen Cabrera is our managing
• 20:02
  producer. And I'm your host, Jerry
• 20:03
  Quijano.
• 20:04
  Austin Signal's gonna be back at the
• 20:06
  same time tomorrow.
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  We'll talk to you then.
• 20:09
  Stay cool out there.