Are you ready for cooler temperatures and a little rain? Boy, I am! Here's what has been going on this week in the City.
First, a couple of things going on that you might want to be aware of:
First, interested in supporting the folks that keep us all safe? Here's your chance! On September 28, 2014 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM sign up for "Dinner with the Chief" to be held at Rocco's Grill! It's a GREAT time and you will meet many of the folks that protect us daily along with Chief Todd Radford. Here's a link to more information - give it a second, it's a large file!
Next plan on attending the last Indoor City Wide Garage Sale for 2014 Saturday the 13th at the Activity Center from 8 to 12 in the morning. Lots of GOOD stuff!
Lakeway's famous Big Band Bash will take place on the 13th of October - put it on your calendar! Here is a link to more info.
Monday Steve Jones and I attended the CAMPO meeting downtown - long but productive meeting. There was quite a bit of frank talk about where CAMPO was going and how to help the traffic in Austin and surrounding areas. I am looking forward to the next few meetings to see what happens.
Thursday CBC met in regular session. Here is that agenda. I'm told everything passed and the lot at 906 Electra was determined as "view blocking". This means the new home will be allowed to be as tall as the average of the homes on each side.
Monday Council meets in regular session - here is that agenda. It could be a fairly lengthy evening because of the presentations - see you there!
From Steve Jones:
LCRA staff held a third meeting this week to finalize proposed changes to their water management plan. In general, the revisions are still favorable to firm water customers, and the firm customer coalitions still support them. The LCRA board is scheduled to take action on September 17, and submit it to TCEQ for approval later this year.
Staff met with residents in the Ridge at Alta Vista this week to discuss problems in their neighborhood with street parking. Their streets are narrower than most, and parking in the street can make it difficult for traffic. They have attempted to restrict parking to only one side of the street with limited success. We are evaluating how the city can assist in order to keep the streets passable for emergency vehicles. This may require some changes to our parking ordinance.
I met with representatives from TxDOT and Bee Cave today to continue work on near-term improvements to RM 620. We decided to focus on intersection improvements that will allow taking seconds away from the green lights on cross streets and adding them to green lights for traffic on 620 without backing up traffic on the cross streets. In essence, we will fine-tune each intersection in order to maximize green light time for the major traffic flow. This seems to be the most cost effective way to improve the traffic handling capacity of 620. TxDOT advised us that they have $1 million to contribute. I told them that we might be able to contribute money from our capital reserve funds if the Council approves.
Chief Radford Reports:
- Officers assisted in returning a lost 9 year old boy to his home. The autistic boy had wandered away from his home on Sailmaster and was later found on Vanguard.
- Animal Protection Officer Greig responded to a residence on Stephanie Ln. in reference to a dog bite. The victim, who was at the residence to interview for a pet setter job, was bitten by a large dog and suffered minor injuries. The owner of the dog was cited.
- Officers responded to LRMC in reference to a suicidal subject. Officers conducted a mental health evaluation and determined that the subject did not meet the criteria for a Peace Officer Emergency Detention.
- Officers responded to a local business regarding a burglary of a business. The manager of the company advised responding officers that their video/surveillance monitoring company had witnessed an employee enter the building (after hours) and steal several items. The employee was identified and this case was turned over to CID for further investigation.
- Officers responded to a residence on Cypress Knee to assist EMS with an unresponsive female. Responding officers, and later EMS personnel, performed CPR on the subject, but the subject was pronounced deceased shortly after lifesaving attempts were administered. The case was turned over to CID for further investigation. Preliminary investigation reveals the cause of death, most likely, to be natural.
- Officers making traffic stops arrested 8 subjects for 13 violations:
o 1 subject arrested for DWLI and 2 out of jurisdiction warrants
o 1 subject arrested for Possession of Marijuana
o 1 subject arrested for an out of jurisdiction warrant
o 1 subject arrested for 3 local traffic warrants (paid in full)
o 3 subjects arrested for DWLI
o 1 subject arrested for DWLI and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
- NOTE: Of those traffic contacts above, K9s were deployed 2 times, but no arrests were made.
- Detective Howell issued a Felony Warrant of Arrest for Credit Card Abuse to a subject who found a credit card (left behind by a patron) during his duties as a waiter and then spent over $400 on the account.
=====================
That's all for now - it's a little cooler already and we've had a little shower at the Airpark! Looks like more coming. More data as I find out!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
No comments:
Post a Comment