One of our finest was injured in an accident during an attempted stop of a vehicle 5-17-2012, you might have seen the incident on TV. Officer Slade Fisher was on patrol on his police motorcycle and lost control following an auto that was fleeing. He was severely injured on Highland Parkway and was flown to Brackenridge Hospital by helicopter. At last report today, he was doing better and was in surgery. Please put him in your thoughts and prayers, our officers risk their lives daily to keep us safe!
Recovery Ways Update - Our TML insurance will accept our claim on Recovery Ways. This means they will represent us in any court or legal claims. There has been no lawsuit filed at this point but they are filing a motion to depose some staff.
There is a Memorial Day Ceremony scheduled for Monday, May 28th at the Lakeway Heritage Center. Please join us to honor those that have died serving our country! Here is a link to more information!
Two major events are happening this Saturday! The City-Wide Indoor Garage Sale is going on at the Activity Center from 8AM until noon. Here is more info. There will also be a Hazardous Waste Collection & Document Shred Event going on from 8AM until noon at the Hudson Bend Middle School. This is put on in conjunction with the Hurst Creek MUD, The Village of The Hills. Lakeway MUD, City of Bee Cave and WCID #17, is hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Document Shred event, this Saturday, May 19, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, at Hudson Bend Middle School (15600 Lariat Trail at RR 620 and General Williamson Rd). This link will get you more info.
Lakeway is of course getting ready for the annual Fourth of July Celebration. Here is a link to a summary of events so you can get them on your calendar - I will post this and more again closer to the event!
City Building Commission will meet in regular session next week on May 24, 2012. Here is that agenda.
Here is a link to information on a meeting with Travis County May 30th at the Activity Center to discuss and inform residents on the Proposed Bee Creek Road Reconstruction.
City Council will meet in regular session Monday, May 21, 2012 at Council Chambers. Here is that agenda. Come congratulate the incumbents on their re-election to their Council positions. They will be sworn in by Judge Madison for their two year terms. It will start at 6:30PM - see you there! Interested in the information in Council Notebooks? Here it is, we are posting it on the City website.
From Steve Jones:
Staff met this week with representatives of the Medical Village development. They are ready to submit an updated application for an assisted living facility at the hospital campus - they will also submit an updated plan that reflects some revisions since the original plan was approved - no surprises are anticipated.
Recovery Ways filed an appeal with the Board of Adjustment to overturn ZAPCO's and Council's decision to disapprove their special use permit. The 30 day deadline on ZAPCO's decision has lapsed and the Board of Adjustment has no authority to hear an appeal of Council's decision.
From Chief Radford:
The Lakeway Police Department is live on Facebook - "Like" us!
The first meeting of the Explorer Program was held and there are 7 kids involved in the program - We are Post 620!
That's all for now! Come see us at Council or some of the other City Activities!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Friday, May 18, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Election Results! Just in!
Here are the election results - this comes from the Travis county Website and all 7 precincts are reporting.
Congratulations to Bruce, Dave and Dee Ann!
The Lakeway M.U.D Board came out with Tom Brewer, Mel Neese and Kay Andrews winning seats. Congratulations!
The three incumbents were all re-elected. The two propositions both failed. Here is a link to the Travis County Website with the results.
That's all for tonight - more as I hear it.
Thanks for the support!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
These are the numbers with all 7 precincts in:
Anita Cokins
Bruce Harris
Dave Taylor 1,117 votes with 24.24%
Dee Ann Burns-Farrell 910 votes with 19.75 %
Kay Sconci
Prop 1
Prop 2
1,086 votes with 58.70 % - AGAINSTCongratulations to Bruce, Dave and Dee Ann!
The Lakeway M.U.D Board came out with Tom Brewer, Mel Neese and Kay Andrews winning seats. Congratulations!
The three incumbents were all re-elected. The two propositions both failed. Here is a link to the Travis County Website with the results.
That's all for tonight - more as I hear it.
Thanks for the support!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Week's News - Plus More on Your City! Another Editorial (sorry)
Let's start with the weeks happenings.
ZAPCO meet in regulars session May 2, 2012. Here is the agenda with the results of the votes - thanks Chessie! ZAPCO is the Zoning and Planning Commission, there are 7 members plus alternates, they meet monthly on all types of zoning and planning issues and are all volunteers.
CBC (City Building Commission) will meet May 10th. Here is that agenda. The Building Commission meets twice a month and looks at requested variances and waivers plus inspects new homes and remodels to insure compliance with ordinances. The commission is made up of 7 members and alternates and are all volunteers.
City Staff met with the Lakeway Medical Village Developers Monday to discuss the eminent completion of Flint Rock Trace and 620 improvements and also looked at additional development and building issues. There will be preliminary plans in the very near future.
From Chief Todd Radford:
1. There were several officers in Basic TCLEOSE instructors school.
2. We are working on a server upgrade project that will improve functionality.
3. The LPD Color Guard presented the flags at the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the Activity Center on May 3.
4. The final tally for the drug tack back program and 337 lbs. of medications were collected!
Congratulations to Julie Oakley and her staff! For the 3rd year in a row, the City has been awarded the highest level (gold) award by the State Comptrollers office. According to their website, this award identifies "entities that are setting the bar with their transparency efforts".
The process is starting on the FY 2013 budget. Here is a link to scheduled meetings.
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Now more City Info. I have been bombarded with election flyers and letters - most saying the City is not concerned with children and parks. Thank you to Andra Dearing for collecting this info. Here is a list of current parkland and amenities the City provides to residents, those with (GS) are considered Green Space and are currently undeveloped:
• City Park (P)
• Dragon Park (P)
• Porpoise Park (P)
• Swim Center Park (P)
• Heritage Park (P)
• Rebel Park (GS)
• Sailfish Park (GS)
• Seawind Park (GS)
• Lakeway Park #1 (GS)
Here is a list of the current trails:
• Hamilton Greenbelt I
• Hamilton Greenbelt II
• Hamilton Greenbelt Primitive Trails
• Smith Greenbelt Primitive Trail
• City Park Trail
• Dragon Park Trail
• City Hall Trail
• Hurst Creek Road Greenbelt
• Canyonlands Primitive Trails
• Lakeway Boulevard Trail
Here are the Facilities:
• Swim Center
• Skatepark
• Activity Center
• Heritage Center
• Live Oak Tennis Courts
• Sailmaster Sport Court
Here are a few of the Activities offered:
• City-wide events including Eggstravaganza, Movies in the Park, Dive-in Movies in the Pool, July 4th, The Great Goblin Glow, Breakfast with Santa, and the Annual Trail of Lights
• Opportunities for first-time employment through the Swim Center as Front Desk and Concession Attendants or Lifeguards
• Summer Camps through the Activity Center
Here is a link to a partial list of activities provided by the Activity Center, it was too long to post on the blog.
As you can see, the City and its elected officials are very interested in providing facilities for residents.
I also would like to see ball parks and larger facilities for our youth - consider, it sounds good, but large land purchases (if available) inside the confined City Limits would be VERY expensive, almost impossible. I have spoken with County Officials and would like to get Travis County involved in more facilities. Their money has been spent on land purchases of late and none are currently being developed. Do we need to improve our facilities? Of course! Do we need to do this in a responsible manner? You bet!
Think about what is being said, and the sources. Much is coming from individuals that have only lived in our fair City for a few months yet have been availing themselves of the available facilities and parkland for years without supporting them by paying property taxes!
When I was first introduced to Lakeway (my Aunt had a house here in 1971) the demographics were substantially different. 95% of the residents were retired and it was considered an upscale retirement community. As the demographics changed, our City has adapted to support the growing and significantly younger population, trying to represent those folks moving in in droves. The current Council continues to try to represent ALL of the citizens of Lakeway.
I keep seeing references to "illegal" annexations - once again, the complainant's lawsuit was dismissed at a Summary Judgment hearing - more than $70,000 billed to the residents? I'm not sure where this figure comes from, but not from our checkbook. And remember, the City is defending itself, we did not file the lawsuit! It appears this is the ultimate issue for one of the candidates.
Once again, as far as Recovery Ways is concerned, once Council found out what was going in, they made rapid decisions that stopped this from happening. They then made corrections to current ordinances to keep this same situation from happening again. The original application was written to conform to the C-1 ordinance, maybe not in the best interest of our City.
Does Council and Senior Staff look at every business application in the City? No, 200-300 applications are received every year and our ordinances handle almost all of them properly. Was there an issue on this one? Maybe, but it's fixed now.
Currently, Recovery Ways has sold the initial property and may have lost the money it used for land preparation. The high figure I hear quoted includes monies they claim to have lost because they are not open and making money. It also includes building plans that they can use if they decide to locate somewhere else.
I started writing this blog to try to give as much information to the community as I could. You can bet if I know about it and can talk about it (legal and personnel issues have some restrictions), its in my blog. I am becoming offended at the attacks directed to our current Council. I personally voted in favor of the unilateral annexation of both North Brooks Hollow and Travis Oaks Trails because I felt it was in the best interest of ALL of the citizens of Lakeway.
There are recordings of all of the annexation public hearings on the City website. Feel free to listen to these, it might surprise you as to the statements of some of the "candidates" issues. Turns out Austin Police made a bust in North Brooks Hollow. Here is a link to the federal complaint against two of the most outspoken.
ZAPCO meet in regulars session May 2, 2012. Here is the agenda with the results of the votes - thanks Chessie! ZAPCO is the Zoning and Planning Commission, there are 7 members plus alternates, they meet monthly on all types of zoning and planning issues and are all volunteers.
CBC (City Building Commission) will meet May 10th. Here is that agenda. The Building Commission meets twice a month and looks at requested variances and waivers plus inspects new homes and remodels to insure compliance with ordinances. The commission is made up of 7 members and alternates and are all volunteers.
City Staff met with the Lakeway Medical Village Developers Monday to discuss the eminent completion of Flint Rock Trace and 620 improvements and also looked at additional development and building issues. There will be preliminary plans in the very near future.
From Chief Todd Radford:
1. There were several officers in Basic TCLEOSE instructors school.
2. We are working on a server upgrade project that will improve functionality.
3. The LPD Color Guard presented the flags at the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the Activity Center on May 3.
4. The final tally for the drug tack back program and 337 lbs. of medications were collected!
Congratulations to Julie Oakley and her staff! For the 3rd year in a row, the City has been awarded the highest level (gold) award by the State Comptrollers office. According to their website, this award identifies "entities that are setting the bar with their transparency efforts".
The process is starting on the FY 2013 budget. Here is a link to scheduled meetings.
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Now more City Info. I have been bombarded with election flyers and letters - most saying the City is not concerned with children and parks. Thank you to Andra Dearing for collecting this info. Here is a list of current parkland and amenities the City provides to residents, those with (GS) are considered Green Space and are currently undeveloped:
• City Park (P)
• Dragon Park (P)
• Porpoise Park (P)
• Swim Center Park (P)
• Heritage Park (P)
• Rebel Park (GS)
• Sailfish Park (GS)
• Seawind Park (GS)
• Lakeway Park #1 (GS)
Here is a list of the current trails:
• Hamilton Greenbelt I
• Hamilton Greenbelt II
• Hamilton Greenbelt Primitive Trails
• Smith Greenbelt Primitive Trail
• City Park Trail
• Dragon Park Trail
• City Hall Trail
• Hurst Creek Road Greenbelt
• Canyonlands Primitive Trails
• Lakeway Boulevard Trail
Here are the Facilities:
• Swim Center
• Skatepark
• Activity Center
• Heritage Center
• Live Oak Tennis Courts
• Sailmaster Sport Court
Here are a few of the Activities offered:
• City-wide events including Eggstravaganza, Movies in the Park, Dive-in Movies in the Pool, July 4th, The Great Goblin Glow, Breakfast with Santa, and the Annual Trail of Lights
• Opportunities for first-time employment through the Swim Center as Front Desk and Concession Attendants or Lifeguards
• Summer Camps through the Activity Center
Here is a link to a partial list of activities provided by the Activity Center, it was too long to post on the blog.
As you can see, the City and its elected officials are very interested in providing facilities for residents.
I also would like to see ball parks and larger facilities for our youth - consider, it sounds good, but large land purchases (if available) inside the confined City Limits would be VERY expensive, almost impossible. I have spoken with County Officials and would like to get Travis County involved in more facilities. Their money has been spent on land purchases of late and none are currently being developed. Do we need to improve our facilities? Of course! Do we need to do this in a responsible manner? You bet!
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Think about what is being said, and the sources. Much is coming from individuals that have only lived in our fair City for a few months yet have been availing themselves of the available facilities and parkland for years without supporting them by paying property taxes!
When I was first introduced to Lakeway (my Aunt had a house here in 1971) the demographics were substantially different. 95% of the residents were retired and it was considered an upscale retirement community. As the demographics changed, our City has adapted to support the growing and significantly younger population, trying to represent those folks moving in in droves. The current Council continues to try to represent ALL of the citizens of Lakeway.
I keep seeing references to "illegal" annexations - once again, the complainant's lawsuit was dismissed at a Summary Judgment hearing - more than $70,000 billed to the residents? I'm not sure where this figure comes from, but not from our checkbook. And remember, the City is defending itself, we did not file the lawsuit! It appears this is the ultimate issue for one of the candidates.
Once again, as far as Recovery Ways is concerned, once Council found out what was going in, they made rapid decisions that stopped this from happening. They then made corrections to current ordinances to keep this same situation from happening again. The original application was written to conform to the C-1 ordinance, maybe not in the best interest of our City.
Does Council and Senior Staff look at every business application in the City? No, 200-300 applications are received every year and our ordinances handle almost all of them properly. Was there an issue on this one? Maybe, but it's fixed now.
Currently, Recovery Ways has sold the initial property and may have lost the money it used for land preparation. The high figure I hear quoted includes monies they claim to have lost because they are not open and making money. It also includes building plans that they can use if they decide to locate somewhere else.
I started writing this blog to try to give as much information to the community as I could. You can bet if I know about it and can talk about it (legal and personnel issues have some restrictions), its in my blog. I am becoming offended at the attacks directed to our current Council. I personally voted in favor of the unilateral annexation of both North Brooks Hollow and Travis Oaks Trails because I felt it was in the best interest of ALL of the citizens of Lakeway.
There are recordings of all of the annexation public hearings on the City website. Feel free to listen to these, it might surprise you as to the statements of some of the "candidates" issues. Turns out Austin Police made a bust in North Brooks Hollow. Here is a link to the federal complaint against two of the most outspoken.
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Thank you for reading this blog. If you have questions, please feel free to email me - I try to be open and responsive to any questions. My goal is to keep Lakeway a desirable destination and maintain the quality of life our residents have come to enjoy. Please consider ALL available information and vote accordingly - it is important to get people elected that don't have an agenda and that want the best for our wonderful City. Remember, you moved here for a reason.......
That's all for now!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Interesting Week!
The "Meet the Candidates" forum was held Wednesday evening - you can watch it here.
Early voting starts Monday, April 30. Here is a link to the Travis County sample ballot for the upcoming May 12th election.
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One of the things said at the forum was that the annexation of North Brooks Hollow was an illegal annexation. Here are the facts:
The City followed the legal requirements (per the City's attorney) for the annexation of several areas - one of which was North Brooks Hollow. There was a lawsuit filed by Mr. and Mrs. Cokins disputing this annexation in Travis County District Court. The Judge in the case dismissed the case at a Summary Judgement Hearing "with prejudice". This basically means the suit is dismissed and the plaintiff is barred from re-filing the suit. They have now appealed this ruling to the Court of Appeals.
The City has currently spent about $50,000 to date defending itself. This money will be paid from taxes collected - approximately $140,000 per year will be collected from all the newly annexed areas.
Hopefully with this additional information, you will be able to make an informed decision when you vote.
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Per Paul Duncan, Service King Collision Repair has received their site permit and have commenced construction at 1403 RR 620, just South of Oak Grove Plaza.
ZAPCO will meet on May 2, 2012 at 9:10AM - here is the agenda. Several items are delayed for a month, but it should be a full morning!
Steve Jones reports our year to date tax receipts are $1.314M. This is about 10% ahead of last year's receipts for the same period - this is good news!
Parks and Rec will meet at 5:00PM on May 2nd at City Hall. Here is that agenda.
Andra Dearing has also provided this weekly report. Here is a link.
That's all I have at the moment - more as I find out!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Early voting starts Monday, April 30. Here is a link to the Travis County sample ballot for the upcoming May 12th election.
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One of the things said at the forum was that the annexation of North Brooks Hollow was an illegal annexation. Here are the facts:
The City followed the legal requirements (per the City's attorney) for the annexation of several areas - one of which was North Brooks Hollow. There was a lawsuit filed by Mr. and Mrs. Cokins disputing this annexation in Travis County District Court. The Judge in the case dismissed the case at a Summary Judgement Hearing "with prejudice". This basically means the suit is dismissed and the plaintiff is barred from re-filing the suit. They have now appealed this ruling to the Court of Appeals.
The City has currently spent about $50,000 to date defending itself. This money will be paid from taxes collected - approximately $140,000 per year will be collected from all the newly annexed areas.
Hopefully with this additional information, you will be able to make an informed decision when you vote.
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Per Paul Duncan, Service King Collision Repair has received their site permit and have commenced construction at 1403 RR 620, just South of Oak Grove Plaza.
ZAPCO will meet on May 2, 2012 at 9:10AM - here is the agenda. Several items are delayed for a month, but it should be a full morning!
Steve Jones reports our year to date tax receipts are $1.314M. This is about 10% ahead of last year's receipts for the same period - this is good news!
Parks and Rec will meet at 5:00PM on May 2nd at City Hall. Here is that agenda.
Andra Dearing has also provided this weekly report. Here is a link.
That's all I have at the moment - more as I find out!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Special Edition!
Don't forget the "Meet the Candidates Forum" tomorrow, Wednesday April 25th at the Lakeway Activity Center, from 7 to 9PM. Get there early, I'm sure it will be a packed house!
Because of the "Open Meeting's Act" issues, the Forum will also be streamed live on the internet. You can click on the "Candidates Forum" Quick Link at the upper right of the blog page. Here is a link also. There will also be a link on the City's website.
This is going to be a very important election for your City. The incumbents, Dee Ann Burns-Farrell, Dave Taylor and Bruce Harris have donated many hours to Council work to be sure important issues are handled properly. They are all ethical and have no agenda other than to do what they feel is best for the City and it's residents. All have worked tirelessly both on the City Council and numerous other volunteer positions to insure the City continues on its path to remain financially stable and viable and work to insure City Services continue at an exceptional level.
I am hoping the readers of my blog consider this and are interested in keeping our grand City special for all the residents. They are being opposed by two other individuals.
One non incumbent candidate, Anita Cokins, currently has a lawsuit pending against the City - basically to nullify the annexation of North Brooks Hollow. The suit was dismissed by Summary Judgment, and now is being appealed to the District Court of Appeals.
The other non incumbent, Kay Sconci, has shown no interest in the City other than to be head of a group "Against Lakeway". Her neighborhood was also annexed a short time ago.
Please consider this and be sure to vote in the City Election. Early voting starts on Monday April 30 and ends Tuesday May 8. Election day is Saturday May 12, 2012.
Because of the "Open Meeting's Act" issues, the Forum will also be streamed live on the internet. You can click on the "Candidates Forum" Quick Link at the upper right of the blog page. Here is a link also. There will also be a link on the City's website.
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This is going to be a very important election for your City. The incumbents, Dee Ann Burns-Farrell, Dave Taylor and Bruce Harris have donated many hours to Council work to be sure important issues are handled properly. They are all ethical and have no agenda other than to do what they feel is best for the City and it's residents. All have worked tirelessly both on the City Council and numerous other volunteer positions to insure the City continues on its path to remain financially stable and viable and work to insure City Services continue at an exceptional level.
I am hoping the readers of my blog consider this and are interested in keeping our grand City special for all the residents. They are being opposed by two other individuals.
One non incumbent candidate, Anita Cokins, currently has a lawsuit pending against the City - basically to nullify the annexation of North Brooks Hollow. The suit was dismissed by Summary Judgment, and now is being appealed to the District Court of Appeals.
The other non incumbent, Kay Sconci, has shown no interest in the City other than to be head of a group "Against Lakeway". Her neighborhood was also annexed a short time ago.
Please consider this and be sure to vote in the City Election. Early voting starts on Monday April 30 and ends Tuesday May 8. Election day is Saturday May 12, 2012.
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In other news, if you will be out of town and unable to personally vote, here is a link with information on casting a ballot by mail.
CBC will meet at 9AM Thursday Morning, here is that agenda.
More as I find out!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Council Update and More!
Lakeway City Council met in regular session last night - here is that agenda. If you would like to see what is in the Council Member's packets or books, here is a link to that information.
Here we go - Judge Madison made about a 15 minute presentation about the courts and gave an insite to the workings of the Lakeway Court. A Traffic Safety Initiative award for 2012 was presented to Mayor DeOme. Great presentation with lots of information! Thanks Judge Madison!
Items 6 and 7 pertain to funding for traffic signals at the new Lakeway Regional Medical Center (LRMC) and is a pass through from the developer to TXDOT. Passed 7-0
Item 8 was an application from Recovery Ways for a Special Use Permit for an Addiction Rehab Facility at the LRMC site. ZAPCO voted 7-0 to recomend against this SUP at their meeting last Wednesday. After many citizens and representatives spoke to Council, the Special Use Permit was denied with a vote of 7-0 against the permit.
An ordinance was approved establishing a Hotel Occupancy Tax for the City on agenda item 9. A visitors commission, agenda item 10 was postponed.
All of the plats and zoning were approved without issue (items 11-15) on a vote of 7-0 in favor.
Item 16 was an amendment cleaning up some issues with parks and parkland in the Subdivision Code - 7-0 in favor.
The meeting was adjourned about 9PM.
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The election is fast approaching - here is the sample ballot. Please vote for candidates that you feel will represent you in ALL city matters.
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The Joint Council Meeting was very interesting Saturday morning! I have to apologize, live to Austin's channel 6 is different than my live - it aired about 3 hours after the meeting. If you would like to watch the meeting and see what was said, here is a link! It was a packed house!
Lakeway Regional Medical Center's official ribbon cutting was held Monday April 16th at 10:30AM. This is a great accomplishment for the City and surrounding area, in a short period of time this piece of land has been turned into a majestic hospital that will undoubtably save many lives in the future! Congratulations!
Next week on Tuesday April 24th, there will be some lane closures on Lohmans and 620 for landscaping. Here is a link for more info!
Here is a link to an information sheet on What's Happening in Lakeway This Week, furnished by Rachel Wallace - Thanks Rachel!
That's all for now - more as it comes out!
Joe Bain
Lakeway@bain.us
Here we go - Judge Madison made about a 15 minute presentation about the courts and gave an insite to the workings of the Lakeway Court. A Traffic Safety Initiative award for 2012 was presented to Mayor DeOme. Great presentation with lots of information! Thanks Judge Madison!
Items 6 and 7 pertain to funding for traffic signals at the new Lakeway Regional Medical Center (LRMC) and is a pass through from the developer to TXDOT. Passed 7-0
Item 8 was an application from Recovery Ways for a Special Use Permit for an Addiction Rehab Facility at the LRMC site. ZAPCO voted 7-0 to recomend against this SUP at their meeting last Wednesday. After many citizens and representatives spoke to Council, the Special Use Permit was denied with a vote of 7-0 against the permit.
An ordinance was approved establishing a Hotel Occupancy Tax for the City on agenda item 9. A visitors commission, agenda item 10 was postponed.
All of the plats and zoning were approved without issue (items 11-15) on a vote of 7-0 in favor.
Item 16 was an amendment cleaning up some issues with parks and parkland in the Subdivision Code - 7-0 in favor.
The meeting was adjourned about 9PM.
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The election is fast approaching - here is the sample ballot. Please vote for candidates that you feel will represent you in ALL city matters.
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The Joint Council Meeting was very interesting Saturday morning! I have to apologize, live to Austin's channel 6 is different than my live - it aired about 3 hours after the meeting. If you would like to watch the meeting and see what was said, here is a link! It was a packed house!Lakeway Regional Medical Center's official ribbon cutting was held Monday April 16th at 10:30AM. This is a great accomplishment for the City and surrounding area, in a short period of time this piece of land has been turned into a majestic hospital that will undoubtably save many lives in the future! Congratulations!
Next week on Tuesday April 24th, there will be some lane closures on Lohmans and 620 for landscaping. Here is a link for more info!
Here is a link to an information sheet on What's Happening in Lakeway This Week, furnished by Rachel Wallace - Thanks Rachel!
That's all for now - more as it comes out!
Joe Bain
Lakeway@bain.us
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Busy week! - Next Week Too
Lakeway MUD met in regular session Tuesday April 10th. Here is that agenda. Items 4-7 were passed after some discussion. Item 8 was dropped from the agenda because it was too vague. Item 9 included a presentation from the attorney that basically informed the incumbent Board Members that an attempt would be made to establish an agenda for the "Meet the Candidates" meeting, but with questions from the audience they would have to be careful about what was said. A Motion was made by Mr. Brewer for the incumbents to not attend the LCC "Meet the Candidates" and was passed 3-2.
Here is a link to the current MUD watering schedule.
The problem is that since the MUD is a 5 member Board, three incumbents at the forum would constitute a quorum, without a specific agenda, this would violate the "Open Meetings Act" and members could face criminal prosecution if a complaint was lodged with the Attorney General.
This same issue will affect the City Council incumbent candidates if any other Council Members or Mayor were to attend the forum. That is why you won't see Council Incumbents or Mayor at the forum.
I was able to get the City to contract for streaming video of the Candidate forum! If you look at the "quick links" at the top right of the page, there is a link for "Candidates Forum". It will be operational on the night of the Forum.
CBC met Thursday, April 12. Here is that agenda. All the waivers were granted (1-3). 128 Deerfield was granted their request to use 2" river rocks as per drawing. 504 Copperleaf was denied permission to use concrete blocks as a temporary driveway and was also denied a wavier to drive and park on the grass.
Item 8 was denied because of view blocking issues. The rest of items were all passed. Friday is Shannon Burks (Director Building and Development) last day. He is resigning to pursue other opportunities. I would like to wish Shannon all the best - he was good to work with and had the communities interests at heart.
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Saturday there will be a Special work session at Council Chambers from 10AM until 12 noon that will include City of Austin Council Members. Here is that agenda. This meeting is being held to get public opinion on the Austin Energy planned rate hike. Those citizens living in Lakeway will get the same rate hike as Austin citizens - a percentage of the money raised goes directly into the Austin General fund. Our Council disagrees with this approach. Those in the Austin Energy area should plan to let Austin City Council know of their feelings - please plan to attend and speak! Here is a link to more info.
This meeting will be televised on the Austin City Channel - I think it is 6 on Time Warner and 99 on u-Verse. Check it out! Should start a little before 10AM - see you there!
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Monday, April 16 City Council will meet in regular session. Here is that agenda. It will be a long meeting! A Special Use Permit request from Recovery Ways and the Hotel Occupancy Tax will both be addressed at this meeting. Several Zoning issues along with Road Improvement issues plus an ordinance establishing a Lakeway Visitors Commission will also be addressed.
That's all for now -
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
Here is a link to the current MUD watering schedule.
The problem is that since the MUD is a 5 member Board, three incumbents at the forum would constitute a quorum, without a specific agenda, this would violate the "Open Meetings Act" and members could face criminal prosecution if a complaint was lodged with the Attorney General.
This same issue will affect the City Council incumbent candidates if any other Council Members or Mayor were to attend the forum. That is why you won't see Council Incumbents or Mayor at the forum.
I was able to get the City to contract for streaming video of the Candidate forum! If you look at the "quick links" at the top right of the page, there is a link for "Candidates Forum". It will be operational on the night of the Forum.
CBC met Thursday, April 12. Here is that agenda. All the waivers were granted (1-3). 128 Deerfield was granted their request to use 2" river rocks as per drawing. 504 Copperleaf was denied permission to use concrete blocks as a temporary driveway and was also denied a wavier to drive and park on the grass.
Item 8 was denied because of view blocking issues. The rest of items were all passed. Friday is Shannon Burks (Director Building and Development) last day. He is resigning to pursue other opportunities. I would like to wish Shannon all the best - he was good to work with and had the communities interests at heart.
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Saturday there will be a Special work session at Council Chambers from 10AM until 12 noon that will include City of Austin Council Members. Here is that agenda. This meeting is being held to get public opinion on the Austin Energy planned rate hike. Those citizens living in Lakeway will get the same rate hike as Austin citizens - a percentage of the money raised goes directly into the Austin General fund. Our Council disagrees with this approach. Those in the Austin Energy area should plan to let Austin City Council know of their feelings - please plan to attend and speak! Here is a link to more info.
This meeting will be televised on the Austin City Channel - I think it is 6 on Time Warner and 99 on u-Verse. Check it out! Should start a little before 10AM - see you there!
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Monday, April 16 City Council will meet in regular session. Here is that agenda. It will be a long meeting! A Special Use Permit request from Recovery Ways and the Hotel Occupancy Tax will both be addressed at this meeting. Several Zoning issues along with Road Improvement issues plus an ordinance establishing a Lakeway Visitors Commission will also be addressed.
That's all for now -
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
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