Weekly Update

Hi folks!

This week started with a Special Meeting of the Council Monday morning. Here is that agenda.

Council considered a petition from the owners of a subdivision known as Lago Acres to include that property in the City's 3 year plan. They denied that request.

Council amended Ordinance No. 2011-09-19-03 annexing the area known as North Brooks Hollow into the City of Lakeway. The amendment changed the effective date from January 1, 2012 to an immediate date. This was done to address a possible date issue brought forward by the pending lawsuit.

Council authorized City Manager Steve Jones to hire legal counsel to represent the city in the matter of Cokins vs. Lakeway.

ZAPCO will meet Wednesday in regular session. Here is that agenda. The major items of interest in this agenda will be:

Members will address zoning for recently annexed properties.

A request from Las Ventanas Land Partners for a zoning change from R-1 and GUI to R-8 (Multifamily Residential) to allow apartments to be built on property South of Highlands Blvd.

A request from Cherry Peak, Ltd. to change the zoning of about 21 acres located along Wild Cherry Drive from R-1 to R-8 (Multifamily Residential) has been postponed and will not be addressed at this meeting.

From Steve Jones:

Site work has started at city hall for the Liebelt Cabin project. The cabin will be located inside the orange construction fence on City Hall property. The cabin is scheduled to be moved sometime next week.

Parks and Public Works departments have begun installation of Christmas decorations on the trail of lights at city hall. It looks to be another GREAT display that the City can be proud of!

A contingency of staff and elected officials will attend a mediation next week on the Lakeway Airpark South project. The mediation will include representatives from the developer and Lakeway Airpark.

Shannon Burke met this week with Lakeway Regional Medical Center Group and they intend to submit the first draft of a proposed Planned Unit Development next week. The plan is to include not only the existing medical center property, but also the property to the South and North, including the 27 acre Cherry Knoll tract that abuts Flint Rock.

Shannon also reported that the architects and engineers for the proposed HEB on Hwy 71 are still working on the construction drawings for the project. The project is still moving forward, even if the design phase is taking longer than they anticipated.

It looks to be a busy week ahead. Don't forget the RX return day at the Justice Center between 10 and 2 tomorrow!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us