Hi Neighbors! What a beautiful day - and what a contrast to last week. It looks like we will have a few days to thaw and dry out before the next winter weather - get out and enjoy it!
Look for your Lakeway Residents Directory to be delivered TODAY! The Lake Travis Band will be bringing them to you and will also be picking up non-perishable food items for Lake Travis Ministry. This is a GOOD time to sign up to be in the directory next year - before you forget. Here is a link to the form needed, just send it in and you all set up. It's a good time to make corrections if you've moved!
Get your tickets for The Wildflowers show coming up January 31st! Here's a link to more information - it should be a GREAT show and they need your support!
If you're looking for something to do on Valentines Day, check out the Big Band Bash! It's on the 9th at the Activity Center and would be a good way to start the week! Here's a link.
Work is continuing on Bee Creek Road and Highlands Blvd. Paving was scheduled earlier this month but the weather didn't cooperate. Look for construction to continue as the weather gets a little better, the asphalt will be put down and sidewalks and signage will be installed.
Steve Jones and I attended the 2015 Texas Transportation Forum Thursday in Austin. We learned a lot and got information we were surprised at. We will continue to work to try to find solutions to our increasing traffic congestion in the area.
The Lakeway Regional Medical Center was purchased company called Med Equities Reality Trust this week. It appears they are taking over the loan for about $50 million. Here's a link to more info.
CBC meets Thursday January 22nd. Here is a link to their agenda - it looks like a short meeting.
City Council will meet in regular session this Tuesday, January 20th. It was moved to Tuesday because of the Holiday Monday. Here is the agenda. It looks like a fairly short meeting - come and see your City leaders at work! If your interested in the packets the Council Members get here is a link to that.
Check it out! The City now has their own app for Iphone and Android and even for pc users. Here is a link to all you need to know to get it - it looks pretty good - register and get on line with the City!
Lake Travis Elementary had a Lockdown Tuesday the 13th but it was determined to be a false alarm. Here is a link to their statement.
The Lakeway Inn and Resort was purchased this week for $33.5 million by Dallas based Ashford Hospitality Trust Company. Remington Lodging will manage the property for Ashford.
From Steve Jones:
The city’s contractor should wrap up construction of the concrete swale on Duck Lake Drive at Squires Drive today. This area has been slowly eroding away for years, and it starting getting worse with the heavy rains that we had last year.
DIJ Construction finished with the re-striping and re-painting of the pavement markings on Lakeway Dr. and Dragon St. last week. A new crosswalk was also installed on Sailmaster where pedestrians cross from the recreation path to the tennis courts and Hamilton Greenbelt.
I attended the annual TxDOT Transportation Forum this week. The theme of this year’s forum was that the state is not funding highway system improvements and is barely covering the cost of maintaining the state’s existing transportation infrastructure. One example given was that in 1960, thirty percent of the state’s budget was dedicated to transportation; today, transportation is less than ten percent. If this persists, the implications are profound. The demands on our highways are steadily increasing due to favorable economic conditions and considerable in-migration, but TxDOT is unable to expand our highways to accommodate demand. This suggests that the current traffic congestion will worsen considerably over time. The good news is that this is being publicly discussed and will likely be a major concern for this year’s legislature.
From Chief Radford:
PATROL
• Routine traffic stops resulted in the following charges
o Possession of drug paraphernalia X 2
o Driving while Intoxicated – 1
• Officers were called to the Police Department to investigate a prior assault family violence that occurred when a woman was assaulted in her home at Flintrock Falls.
• Officers responded to a deceased person call on Bellagio Drive. Investigators were called to the scene after a female was discovered deceased inside her residence. The official cause of death will be released from the medical examiner in a few weeks, but preliminary cause appears to be natural.
• Officers assisted Lake Travis Fire with a vehicle fire on Bee Creek Rd. The vehicle belonged to a construction worker in the area, and the cause of the fire is believed to be mechanical.
• Officers took a report from a resident on San Savio in reference to an attempted fraud. Resident received a phone call asking for money to get his grandson released from Custom officials on the border.
CID/SUPPORT Operations
• Sgt. Brown was invited to attend the West Cypress Hills Elementary School Science Fair as a judge. Sgt. Brown assisted other judges, who were selected from the community, to judge roughly 70 science projects submitted by 5th grade students. The top five projects were then selected to be entered into a regional science fair in Austin.
• Officers responded to a theft from the Sail and Ski. A female suspect grabbed items and fled from the business. The suspect was gone upon officers arriving. CID investigated the case, identified the suspect, and then located the suspect in South Austin. A confession was obtained and the stolen property was recovered.
• LPD officers and CID investigators responded to a report of an attempted abduction of a child from Lake Travis Elementary. After investigation, it was discovered that the report was uncorroborated.
• Communications has been planning for the switch to 12-hour shifts. The new schedule will take effect on Feb 8 and will exactly mirror the patrol officer schedule. We expect increased efficiency and job satisfaction as a result, but we will closely monitor the change and re-evaluate in three months.
• The Lake Travis View reporter interviewed the Chief of Police and the dispatch supervisor regarding the 12-hour dispatch shift format.
After many weeks of preparation, LPD hosted auditors from the Texas Police Chief’s Association – Recognition Program. The three-day audit of our policies and practices resulted in LPD receiving very high marks. The auditor’s findings will be sent to the TPCA executive committee to review, and hopefully, award LPD our re-recognition status. The final decision is expected in a few weeks.
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That's all for now, I'm sure I've left out something! Check out the new app and let me know what you think!
If you want to get on my email list, please send me an email! lakeway@bain.us
Thanks for all the support!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
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