Special Birthday!, Council Results

There's a VERY special Birthday coming up in The Hills on December 24th! Ruth Lersch is turning One Hundred and Five, yes 105! This very special lady was given a special party at The Hills Country Club on December 19th. She was presented with her own day in her hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA, her own day by proclamation of the Mayor of The Hills of Lakeway, an engraving from the Philadelphia Phillies, Flyers and Eagles as their most loyal fan and last but not least a letter of congratulations from Rick Perry, Gov. of Texas! Here is a link to more pictures. Happy Birthday Ruth!

The City Council met in regular session Monday night at City Hall. Here is the agenda.

First on the agenda was a Development Agreement with Crosswater Yacht Club. The residents of Graveyard Point again expressed their objection to any agreement with the Crosswater group - some of the area residents also felt it would be good for the community. The Council passed the agreement unanimously.

Editorial: Although a majority of the residents attending the meetings from Graveyard Point have objected to any agreement between the City and Crosswater, the agreement negotiated puts many restrictions on the developer that the City would not necessarily be entitled to otherwise. Those restrictions include: No boat ramp; no restaurant; no bar or music venue; parking restrictions; plus the ability to enforce the agreement. No part of the agreement restricts in any way any legal rights of the residents - it was the best solution in my opinion. The City will also be allowed to annex this property in a year so we will get some revenue from the situation.
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The Annexation of the Villas at The Hills was completed along with zoning ordinance changes that were required to finish this project including disannexation of the "Access Tract" that will be picked up in The Hills ETJ.

A replat of areas in the Highlands was completed and zoning issues were corrected.

There was an executive session where the Council discussed the purchase of several pieces of property for park land and in regular session approval was given to the staff to continue with that endeavor at funding levels discussed in the executive session.

All in all it was a very productive meeting!

Thanks for looking! More soon.

Joe Bain
Lakeway@bain.us