Short Week, But Busy!

The first thing that happened was early Sunday morning! If you were up just after daylight and driving on Lohmans Crossing you might have seen a rustic old cabin going down the road. The Liebelt cabin was moved to City Hall where it will be set up and become a symbol of Lakeway's history.

Monday the City Council met in regular session. Here is that agenda. Five members of Council were present, Bruce Harris and David Taylor were unable to attend. The first item was the Financial Report given by Treasurer Al Tyson. Our finances are doing well and our expenses are under budget and revenues are over budget.

Jamie Smith from Pedernales Electric gave a report on future PEC events and current services.

Zoning for recently annexed areas was addressed next. Two residents from North Brooks Hollow, Kim Magee and Margaret Ryan were requested to leave during Council discussion because they were disruptive and made derogatory remarks about the Mayor and Council. They were escorted out by Chief Todd Radford but were not charged. Zoning passed on this item with a 4-0 vote - Council Member Alan Tye abstained.

All other area's zoning and the Consent Agenda passed unanimously.

From Steve Jones:

This morning’s View had a front-page article on a recent study of the Austin/Travis County Emergency Services. The study indicates significantly slower response times to EMS calls outside of the City of Austin. The objective of the study was to draw attention to that fact and try to improve response times to the outlying areas such as Lakeway. I believe it will achieve the intended result, although we are not yet sure what form that will take.

Hospital Administrator David Kreye took Mayor DeOme and I on a tour this week. The parking garage is complete, and they are happy with the progress of the new medical office building under construction. While it will not be completely finished, the office building should be partially functional when the hospital opens this Spring. They still plan to open the hospital in April. The lower floors are substantially finished and final cleaning is underway in some areas. Finish work is taking place on the upper floors with the installation of equipment and furnishings. From the look of it, I don’t believe they will have trouble opening on time.

Our police department has been notified of plans for a possible “Occupy” Bee Cave event this Friday. If there is any problem, we will be acting in a backup roll only.
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I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a VERY Happy Thanksgiving - for those traveling, please have a safe trip!

Thanks again for all of the support!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us