I'm sure you noticed that Lohmans Crossing was overlaid with a new layer of asphalt - looks GREAT doesn't it! The contractor finished on schedule and there were very few issues and complaints. They will be out to stripe it sometime next week.
Lakeway City Council will meet in regular session Monday evening at 6:30 in Council Chambers. Here is that agenda. Looks like a fairly docile agenda - we will vote on declaring the unopposed candidates as elected and cancelling the general election. There will still be an issue on the ballot concerning our road sales tax that citizens will need to vote on.
Progressive Waste Solutions will start delivering the new recycle carts March 20th through April 1st. Depending on the residents assigned trash pickup day determines when the recycle cart will be delivered. Residents that receive trash pickup services on Tuesday, March 19, will receive their recycle cart on Wednesday, March 20. The day that follows the scheduled trash pickup day is when the recycle carts will be delivered.
If you do not wish to use the new recycle cart, you may leave it out on your curb. Choosing to do so will mean you are electing not to participate in curbside recycling.
Here is Andra Dearing's Parks and Rec. report. Take a look and see all the neat things she and the City are doing for residents!
The Lake Travis Community Library will have a Grand Opening Ceremony today at 2:00 PM - I understand it is open to the public.
From Steve Jones:
Troy Anderson reports that, “This week, we had the opportunity to visit two sign manufacturing facilities in preparation for our sign code discussion to take place at the April Zoning Commission meeting. Both tours were incredibly informative, and I believe that we will be able to have a very productive Commission meeting discussion. Also, we met with representatives of the City of Austin to begin conversations of renewing our interlocal agreement for services provided by the Health and Human Services division. There will be a few changes to the rates and service structure provided by the City of Austin, and we sat down to talk those through. Once a draft agreement is prepared, we’ll look closely at those particular sections and how they have changed from previous agreements.”
Ruth Sandoval reports, “Our numbers for the 2013 statewide warrant round up are better than last year. We cleared 263 warrants and made collections of $70,805. Several defendants have responded to comply with their warrants and many more requested payment plans to pay their fines. On Saturday, March 2, we had 32 people show up to see Judge Madison, and we cleared forty warrants with a face value of $18,735 and a net value of $7,368.”
Dale DeLong reports that, “This week we kicked off our new ‘serious about safety’ program. This reward-based program is focused on getting employees to wear the proper PPE (personal protective equipment) whether they are out in the field, working on equipment, or a project at the shop.
It appears that we will not meet the threshold for CAPCOG funding of our 9-1-1 primary service answering point (PSAP) next year. CAPCOG staff advised their board this week that their budget for next year will not include funding for Lakeway and other small cities. The city can retain the service, and remain a primary answering point, but we will have to pay for the service. Last year the cost was $45,000.
Two bills have been filed in the Texas Legislature that would effectively preempt our tree protection ordinance. House Bill 1377 was filed by Representative Lois W. Kolkhorst, and House Bill 1858 was filed by our own representative, Paul Workman. Rep. Workman’s bill would allow a property owner, at their sole discretion, to remove any tree(s) on his or her property that he or she believes “poses a risk of fire to a structure,” regardless of any city ordinance to the contrary. The property owner is not required to notify the city nor obtain any permit prior to cutting down trees, regardless of the size, age, or location of the trees. The bill provides no standard or definition of what “risk of fire” means. That is left up to the imagination of the property owner. In effect, the bill would allow a property owner to remove any tree they desire to remove, as long as they can satisfy themselves that the tree poses a risk of fire to any structure on their own property or on adjacent property, presumably including a deer blind.
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Editorial: I for one am very disappointed in our State elected officials. These bills are not good for our city and neither representative notified us of this pending legislation. I am especially disappointed in Mr Workman's bill. I believe Lakeway voters were significantly responsible for his election!
CAPCOG is yet another problem. Although the City of Lakeway was listed on their agenda, no one notified City Staff of this item. 911 services will still be available to Lakeway Residents, but will not go directly to our dispatcher and will go through a central dispatch and will cause delay in these reports. The threshold is 10 calls per week but is taken only from land line calls - calls from cell phones are not counted. We are working on ways to secure funding to keep this important service.
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More as I find out - see you at the Council Meeting Monday evening!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
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