Have you noticed how everything's GREEN? What a nice change from the end of last Summer! To go along with the recent rain, Lakeway MUD has changed the watering restrictions and moved to a Stage 2 level. This means you will get a chance to practice changing your sprinkler settings again! Here is the new schedule.
This is old news but it appears that Lakeway will have an election this year for City Council. Five have signed up for the election, three incumbents and two others. Here is the list:
Dee Ann Burns-Farrell - Incumbent
Dave Taylor - Incumbent
Bruce Harris - Incumbent
Kay Sconci
Anita Cokins
A Drawing was held for placement on the ballot, here is that result.
All candidates are required to file an Affidavit and Statement of Representation, one had information that disclosed relevant information - here is that Affidavit from Mrs. Cokins.
Last Week from Chessie Blanchard:
Staff met with representatives from the Lakeway Church to discuss their new driveway. They intend to seek a variance in order to delay installation of the required vegetative screening or wall between their property and the adjacent residential use.
Last week, staff met with representatives from the LTISD to discuss plans for the new middle school to be built in the city’s ETJ on the west side of Bee Creek Road. They will likely need a variance from our impervious cover limit, which is 35% in the ETJ.
The city was served with a lawsuit regarding the subdivision and development of a lot in Fox Creek Estates, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Flint Rock Road and Serene Hills Drive in the city’s ETJ. The plaintiff alleges that the city erred in allowing a lot owner to move forward with plans to subdivide his lot into two lots and issuing driveway permits to that effect.
The department’s 10th Citizens Police Academy began this week as well, with 23 citizens registered for the 13 week program. CPA alumni continue to be a great source of volunteers in the community, and Todd has some great ideas for additional ways to use this pool of volunteers in the future.
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For those that get their electricity from Austin Energy, here is some information on the rate hike from a group called Homers United for Rate Fairness (HURF).
There will be a joint meeting of Lakeway City Council and Austin City Council on April 14, 2012 in the Lakeway City Council Chambers. If you are an Austin Energy subscriber, I suggest you attend.
Also mark your calendar - on April 28th there is another Drug Take Back Program. Here is more info on that program.
City Building Commission (CBC) will meet in regular session March 22, 2012. Here is that agenda. It looks like it will be a full day!
In case you haven't noticed, the City has a new website. It went on line Friday and looks GREAT! Check it out! www.cityoflakeway.com
From Steve Jones:
Dave DeOme and I participated in a tour of the Bamberger Ranch yesterday. This is the ranch where most of the cedar (Ash Juniper) trees were removed to restore the land back to its condition before being overrun by cedars. It was very impressive. We learned that their intent was not to eradicate cedars, but to remove cedar breaks (areas of dense growth) to allow natural grasses to be reestablished. Natural grasses reduce runoff and promote rainwater percolation into the ground, thus increasing groundwater accumulation. Cedar trees promote rainwater runoff. They also absorb a lot of rain, preventing it from ever reaching the soil. The ranch also encourages removing cedars from close proximity to hardwood trees. This aids the hardwood trees by reducing competition for water. Dave and I are interested in this because there has been some discussion of doing something similar here in Lakeway.
Our city engineer had a pre-construction meeting with Starbucks on Wednesday. Construction fencing is already in place between Wendy’s and Bank of America, and we should see construction soon.
BDS issued the building permit for the new public library this week. We expect to see activity on the site before the end of the month.
On April 28 (10:00 am to 2:00 pm) our Police Department will once again team up with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Austin Police Department to conduct a fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The event provides an opportunity for city residents to safely dispose of any unwanted and unused prescription drugs.
Tuesday evening Lakeway kicks off its Wildfire Awareness campaign. Invitations have been extended to city officials, city management and board members from twenty homeowner associations. This is the start of a conversation about how to apply proactive wildfire protection strategies in Lakeway. Assistant Fire Chief John Durham of Lake Travis Fire Rescue will introduce concepts behind the popular Firewise program. Chief Durham successfully guided Spanish Oaks and River Place to become recognized Firewise Communities. He is currently working with several other neighborhood associations to address their wildfire concerns.
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And finally, City Council will meet in regular session Monday, March 19th at 6:30PM in the Council Chambers - here is that agenda. You can now see the information contained in the Council Packets we receive prior to the meetings. Here is a link to that information.
That's all for now - more soon I'm sure!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
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