News, School, ZAPCO

The big news of the week was the event at the Lake Travis Middle School. If you haven't heard, a maintenance person walked in on a man in the restroom and said he had what might have been a gun in a box. The man ran out after the maintenance person started yelling and disappeared. The school was locked down and the complete campus was searched and cleared. As of this time, the person has not been found. There was a combined effort from Travis County Sheriffs, Lakeway Police and Bee Cave Officers to get to the bottom of the issue. No one was hurt and no gun has been found.

The Lake Travis Cavs won another game Friday night by beating Pearland Dawson 45-14 and have moved to the Finals. They will play next Friday, December 16 in Cowboy Stadium against Waco midway to win an unprecedented 5th straight 4A State Championship! Go Cavs!

Zapco met Wednesday, here is that agenda.

3. A Special Use Permit was issued to Philomena Rolands to operate a business from her home after much discussion.

4. The final plat was approved for Serene Hills Phase 2E after much dicussion and agreement that they will modify the direct access to lots on Serene Hills Dr.

5-6. The commission voted 4-3 to recommend against Multifamily Zoning in the Lakeway Highlands. This means Council would have to vote a super majority to grant this zoning (6-1 for).
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From Steve Jones:

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved LCRA's request to cut back or cut off Highland Lakes water to downstream farmers next year if the drought does not imporve significantly - this was a unanimous decision. Here is the full release.

Sales tax revenue continues to be good news for Lakeway. While the increase in our current month revenue is modest at 2.8% over this month last year, our year-to-date revenue is up almost 11% over last year. I have attached a report from Tax Revenue Consultants, LLC with data from selected Travis County taxing jurisdictions for your reference.

Travis County recently performed a multi-way stop warrant analysis at the intersection of Flint Rock Road and Serene Hills Drive and determined that it meets warrants for a four-way stop. The county installed new stop signs on the Flintrock Road approaches to the intersection this week, and it is now a four-way stop. Previously only vehicles on Serene Hills Drive had to stop.

Paul Duncan is reviewing construction plans for the proposed Starbucks next to Wendy's and a plan for Recovery Ways, a high-end rehab clinic to be located at Rolling Green and Lohmans Crossing.
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If you haven't had a chance yet, be sure to go by and check out the Christmas Trail of Lights by the City Hall - it is fabulous! Thanks to the employees that put so much effort in this project every year!

Next week CBC will meet and it looks to be a busy day. Here is that agenda.

Did you know there is a new book out about Lakeway and it's history? Here is more information.

That's all for now - stay warm and enjoy the holidays - be safe!

Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us