The Regional Hospital Developers held a "Town Hall Meeting" at the Lakeway Inn Monday evening. There were about 100 folks present - unfortunately the presenters from the Hospital Group were not present. There was discussion of other economic happenings in the Lakeway / Bee Cave area including information about current and future housing and commercial developments. Very few questions were answered about the Regional Hospital.
I did find out that it will be a Level 3 Trama Center and scheduling is proposed for shift changes to help with traffic concerns in the area on 620. Steve Jones fielded many questions on traffic issues and future plans for Flintrock Road.
Council met in Special Session Tuesday at 1 PM. Here is the agenda.
3. There was much discussion about sharing of Hamilton Greenbelt trails by walkers and bikers. Currently the thought is to stop any further damage to Greenbelt property, make one of the existing bike trails official, and work to establish separate mike and walking trails. There is also a proposal to assign a piece of parkland in the Highlands for mountain bikers to develop.
4. Sale of Rebel and Sailfish parks was discussed and it was decided to follow up to determine the value of the property and legal ramifications to the sale of the property. This will be brought back to the Council for further discussion.
5. Staff was instructed to spend funds to update the March 2007 "Flint Rock Rd. Design Summary" to get a better handle on what the costs to the City will be when and if the County bonds are approved.
6. A preliminary Capital Improvement Plan was presented by Steve Jones and information was disseminated about how the bond process will work and possible timing.
8. A short report on Hospital status was given. They are actually about 2 months ahead of schedule.
9. Chessie Blanchard made a presentation on the Comprehensive Plan and will bring findings to Council for discussion at a later date.
10. There was a presentation on installing and using Security Cameras to help the Police expand their abilities. It was well received and we will be requesting costs for an initial installation for trial.
11. Andra Streety made a presentation and proposal for a walking trail in the median of the East part of Lakeway Blvd. She will get prices for contractors to do the job instead of city employees to determine further feasibility.
12. Alan Tye and David Taylor will talk to area developers to try to come up with some ideas for development of the Exxon Station property.
The meeting adjourned about 5PM as scheduled. It was a good meeting and many issues were aired.
More as it comes out!
Joe Bain
Lakeway@bain.us
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