Weekly Update

Pretty mundane this week - no movie stars that I am aware of!

The LCRA, Travis County and Keep Austin Beautiful will sponsor the 15th Annual Lake Travis Underwater and Shoreline Cleanup on 9/13/09. Janet Caylor, owner of Lakeway Marina, has organized a local Lakeway event to supplement the main affair. This flyer was posted a couple of days ago if you are interested. IESI is donating roll off dumpsters to contain the collected trash - THANKS!

Public Works has been working on clearing cedar trees and has made some good progress this week cleaning it up. New trees will be planted this fall to fill in the open areas.

Mayor DeOme and City Manager Jones met with the new general manager of the Lakeway Resort and discussed general issues. Suggestions were made for parking issues when there are large events. Marketing manager Mike Islava said they were looking for ways to get the Resort more involved with the community.

City Engineer Paul Duncan gave a new rendition of the old Sue's tour at the Men's Breakfast Club Wednesday. If your interested, go to cityoflakeway.org and look for the Development Update Map which is interactive.

Per Richard Eason of Lakeway MUD, the rock work is complete on the Lohman tank, the architectural contractor is starting work and should take about 3 weeks. Looks like it may be finished up by the end of September.

We have a new external defibrillator at the Heritage Center that was purchased and donated by the Lions Club - many thanks!

One of the next major projects is to replace the failing storm water culverts on Rolling Green Drive. Public Works is working on the new irrigation system on Lakeway Blvd. and Lohamn's Crossing. Crosswalk signs were installed on Lakeway Blvd. & Highlands Blvd. and the school zone flashing lights for Lakeway Elementary were reprogrammed. Watch out for the kids next week!

More to come soon! Hope you enjoy it. I will try for more fun stuff on the next note!

Thanks for LOOKING!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us