"Because of that, a group of Austinites are asking District 7 Council Member Leslie Pool to recuse herself. She lives about 1,000 feet from the project.
“City officials should recuse themselves from an item if their personal interests would reasonably be expected to affect their performance of an official duty,” the group said in a letter to Pool, the Mayor and Assistant City Manager. “Failure to disclose a conflict is punishable by law. A person with a substantial conflict must have filed a signed and notarized affidavit regarding the conflict with the City Clerk prior to the vote.”"
Letter is linked to in the article and can be found here: http://www.twcnews.com/content/dam/News/TX/Web%20Grabs/Grove_recusal_request.pdf