Several important things are in progress in the City at this time.
One is the budget and tax rate that the Council has been meeting on. The Council will meet, discuss and set the tax rate along with adopting a budget for your City Services at a meeting on Monday. The current proposal is a budget of $8,712,133 and a new tax rate of $0.1929 per $100 valuation. this will be an increase of about $0.01 per $100. There has been a lot of discussion on both of these numbers in the budget meetings. If you have concerns or just want to see the process, come to the meeting Monday. Here's the Agenda
The other Agenda item that has been of interest is the resignation of the Chief of Police, Gordon Bowers. A separation agreement will be considered and voted on at the meeting. Chief Bowers has accomplished much since coming to work for the City of Lakeway and I wish him the best for the future. Agenda
A dear friend, Jimmy Anderson, was in the hospital for surgery this week, and is now home and doing GREAT! I hope his recovery is speedy, it's his turn to drive!
Speaking of Speedy, Speedy Stop has submitted a revised plan for a convenience store at the Exxon site. There are still some concerns and staff is working with the developer to further refine the proposal. It would have to go back to ZAPCO and would then go before City Council. I have not seen the proposal yet and am not sure of the changes.
Crosswater Marina developers are still trying to go forward with that project. They will make a presentation to Council and convey the concessions they will commit to in order to make the project more palatable before the end of the year. There are several other issues including traffic analysis and resolving an ongoing lawsuit regarding alleged violation of deed restrictions. More to come I'm sure.
Because of Oak Wilt issues the City may not have an annual brush collection program this year. Residents will receive a letter outlining the problems. Letter from Forester
Lake Issues: Some cities are requesting that the TCEQ remove the prohibition agtainst releasing treated wastewater into the Highland lakes. This water is relatively free of contaminates but does contain nutrients that act as fertilizer for the production of algae. Council will look at a resolution to keep the prohibition in place at the regular October meeting. Cole Roland will attend to discuss the issue.
As you might have noticed, sprinklers have been turning on at random times on Lakeway Blvd. and Lohmans Crossing. David Ferry has traced the problem to the new solar powered controllers that recently were installed. The manufacturer has acknowledged there is a problem and will replace all of them at no cost to the City.
Judge Madison would like the City to adopt an ordinance against texting while driving on City streets. City Staff will be looking at the feasibility of that in the future.
Councilmember Dennis Wallace is working with Roland Pena (LCRA) and Andra Streety to see if we have any projects that qualify for a grant program that LCRA has to fund park related projects. GREAT idea Dennis!
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Joe Bain
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