Lets start with NNO or National Night Out! Coming up Tuesday, October 2nd. Invite your neighbors over and get to know them, let the police know and they will have an officer come by and talk about crime and drug awareness. 5 to 9 PM - go to whitepages.com and they will send a postcard to your neighbors free of charge! Here is a link to more City info.
There was a power outage last Monday evening in the Capri area. About 75 homes were affected - it appears a small animal shorted out a piece of equipment and it had to be replaced - it took about 3 hours!
On Tuesday, Sept. 18th, Travis County's Fire Marshal lifted the burn ban for Travis County - in accordance with that, Mayor DeOme lifted the burn ban for the City of Lakeway. Please remember, even without the burn ban, outdoor and uncontainerized burning may not be conducted within the City Limits of Lakeway!
The Lakeway MUD will meet in Special Session on Wednesday September 26 at 9:30AM. Here is that agenda. They will approve the new tax rate - $0.2052 per $100 evaluation.
The "Celebrating Fifty Years of Lakeway" committee meeting will meet Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Council Chambers at the City Hall at 2:00PM. Council Member DeeAnn Burns-Farrell is working hard to make this a GREAT celebration!
The City Building Commission will meet Thursday, September 27th at 9AM in regular session. Here is that agenda. Should be an interesting meeting!
LPD is holding another Prescription Take Back Day on September 29th from 10-2. Here is a link to more information!
Some GOOD news - The old Exxon station at Lohmans and Lakeway Blvd. has a buyer and was granted a Special Use Permit at the Council Meeting Monday night. The station will be re-opened as a Texaco station with auto repair - the same as it used to be. There will be a drive through car wash added. The new owners also run stations in Tarrytown and Westlake. Welcome!
Council met Monday, Sept. 17 in regular session. Here is that agenda. It was a long agenda, but a fairly smooth meeting!
Items 4-5 were proclamations by the Mayor, one setting Oct. 2nd as National Night Out in Lakeway and the other proclaiming Sept. 19th as "Texting and Driving - It Can Wait Day in Lakeway. Here is a link to a video produced by AT&T on texting I use in some classes I teach - take a few minutes and watch it - Please!
The Mayor appointed a new City Attorney for the City - welcome to Alan Bojorquez! I have had the opportunity to work with him and think it's a good fit.
The tax rate was adopted ($0.1815), the lowest in Lakeway history. Thanks to City Staff, Council and the Mayor for making this possible. The 2013 budget was adopted also.
A Special Use Permit was issued to the Honey Creek Office Building located at 3211 RR 620 South to allow medical offices on the property. A restriction was no over night operations.
Item 11 granted a Special Use Permit to Weed Corley Fish Funeral Home to operate an Event Center in the building for parties and weddings. This was limited to 1 year to see how the operating times and noise works out.
As previously stated, a SUP was issued to the Lakeway Texaco to open a service station and garage on the old Exxon property - good luck to them!
The rest of the agenda took care of several Plat and Plan issues and some annexation requests in the Highlands and Serene Hills.
From Steve Jones:
On Tuesday, the LCRA Board of Directors authorized their General Manager to pursue the creation of a nonprofit land trust to help preserve land and water quality in the Colorado River Basin. Here is a link to the press release.
The Citizens Alumni will restart the park patrol on October 1. Volunteers will be supplied with a radio and forms to report any issues.
Thanks to the efforts of Alan Tye and Dave Taylor, the city hosted a meeting of area water companies in an effort to help them organize to work on issues involving the Lower Colorado River Authority’s water management plan.
According to LCRA’s website, “The Water Management Plan governs LCRA's operation of the Highland Lakes to meet the needs of major water users throughout the lower Colorado River basin. Specifically, the Water Management Plan prescribes how to allocate water during water supply shortages. During severe drought, the plan directs the curtailment (or cutback) of Highland Lakes water for downstream agriculture so that water will be available for the basic needs of cities, businesses and industries. Under the plan, LCRA and its customers take actions at designated points, known as "trigger points," as water storage levels drop. The plan also prescribes how LCRA must provide water from the lakes to help meet the environmental needs of the lower Colorado River and Matagorda Bay at these various trigger points.”
LCRA submitted a revised plan to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality earlier this year for approval. The revised plan contains trigger points that are much more favorable to water systems in our area. However, the new regulations do not take effect until the revised plan is approved by the TCEQ; that approval may be years away. In the interim, many water suppliers in our area are concerned about their ability to adequately provide water to their customers if drought conditions persist. There are also concerns that the trigger points in the newly revised plan do not go far enough to protect water supplies, and another revision should be started to address those concerns. Currently, there is no well-organized group with the legal standing necessary to take on these issues and push for changes. This was the first in a series of meetings to form such an organization.
Mark Farrar, Executive Director of Homeowners United for Rate Fairness, reported this week that HURF submitted two times the necessary signatures required to get a hearing with the Texas Public Utility Commission on Austin Energy’s new rates. Austin Energy did not challenge the petition within the allowed window which ended on September 7. HURF is now waiting for the PUC to initiate the rate case, which they believe will occur on September 28. That will start a 90 day clock for AE to submit its rate case to the PUC.
A hearing on the Blume vs. Lakeway lawsuit will be held Wednesday, October 24.
Here is a link to the City Services report from David Ferry! Thanks
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As you can see, there is a lot going on! More as I find out!
Joe Bain
Lakeway@bain.us
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