As far as weather, another beautiful mid winter day in Lakeway. What we need is some rain, we are way behind already for the year and it would be nice to wash out some of the pollen. Lake is looking GREAT - although the inflows are almost nil. LCRA, please be careful about sending too much water downstream, it looks like we may need it!
It's been a busy week for me, a week full. Tuesday I was honored to speak at the Annual Meeting of the Service League of Greater Lakeway. This group of volunteers makes it their mission to help area residents in need by helping with transportation to appointments, loaning medical gear, and other services to those that are unable to do small chores or handyman work. They have been doing this since shortly after Lakeway became a reality. Here's a link to an article in the Lake Travis View - what a wonderful way to give back to the community!
The annual Lakeway Civic Corporation meeting was also Tuesday evening. Here is a link to all the projects the LCC has funded over the years - it's really an impressive list! Wonderful dinner and several awards were presented - here goes:
Meritorious Service Award recipient - Tom Smith
Next was Meritorious Service Award recipient - Johnnie Fields
Next was Meritorious Service Award recipient Dave Point
And last, but certainly not least - please congratulate Dennis Brown as recipient of LCC's Citizen of the Year!I've been working with Captain Crowder on our Emergency Operations Plan for a couple of months now. With help from Captain Crowder and Council Member Ron Massa it is nearing completion and it is now in the process of being signed by all required entities.
Thursday was "Lockup Day" for the MDA - Austin Drive. You will notice the smile on my face - it is because I made my bail with all the generous donations from all of you! With your help I was able to contribute $2415 toward sending kids to camp. The area total was $33,856 to help the kids, an all time record. THANK YOU!Thursday evening the first meeting of the Justice Center Advisory Committee was held in Council Chambers. We got off to a good start and I believe the committee will guide Council in the right direction - thank you all for your time in this effort!
CBC will meet in regular session next week on Thursday at 9AM - here is that agenda.
Bids on our Rolling Green Culvert project were opened this week, and I expect it will be an agenda item on this month's Council agenda.
Part of our CIP was installation of a traffic light at Lohmans and Lohmans Spur - it looks like we will be able bid this out in the near future.
Alpha Paving did some much needed repairs on Hurst Creek road this week. Also Public Works posted a temporary "No Thru Trucks" sign on Flint Rock Road and have temporarily lowered the speed limit to 30 MPH during construction. Once the Flint Rock Road project is complete I expect the city will look into annexation of the areas that are currently in the County so we can include the area in Lakeway traffic enforcement.
From the Chief:
We currently have three new dispatchers in training.
A Lakeway resident was defrauded of $4000 by telephone callers posing as IRS agents.
Routine traffic enforcement led to the following charges being filed, non-Lakeway warrant arrest X 3; Possession of drug paraphernalia X 3; DWI X 3; Possession of controlled substance X 2; and Possession of marijuana X 2.
A pilot was detained and warned when he landed at the Lakeway Airpark after hours. We are in final stages of drafting a new ordinance to deal with violations occurring at the airpark.
Patio furniture valued at $1200 was stolen from a vacation home on Challenger.
The driver of a vehicle in the 700 blk of RR 620 fell asleep behind the wheel and struck a guardrail. Damage to the vehicle and guardrail were extensive. The driver was charged with DWI (2nd).
A Lakeway resident was the victim of identity theft. The suspects used the victim’s identifying information to obtain an ATM card and remove over $6000 from his bank account.
A resident’s bankcard information was fraudulently used to make purchases in the amount of $1774.
A Lakeway K9 officer assisted a Travis County Deputy on a traffic stop. The K9 alerted on the suspect vehicle and narcotics were located during a subsequent search.
An Alzheimer’s patient in Lakeway was defrauded of $1400 by a caretaker. This case is under investigation.
Detectives with the CIU received several identity theft reports forwarded to them from patrol. During the initial investigation, it was revealed that the criminal activity occurred in other jurisdictions (Miami FL, Austin TX, and Houston TX). Those cases were forwarded to the proper agencies and the Lakeway PD cases were closed.
Detectives met with the victim involved in the alleged sexual assault case that was reported by the victim following her DWI arrest. The victim stated that no criminal activity occurred and requested the case be closed without further investigation.
APO Greig followed up on a dog attack case that occurred in the 100 block of Acapulco. The victim suffered minor injuries while trying to defend himself during the incident. At this time, the two dogs remain at large and have not been identified.
APO Greig was contacted by the Austin Animal Center and was requested to respond to the Lakeway Post Office to assist with an animal attack that occurred in Travis County jurisdiction. APO Greig interviewed the victim and documented the victim’s injuries, which were minor.
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Don't forget the "Meet and Greets" for Representative Paul Workman at Fore on Tuesday evening from 5:30 to & PM and for Commissioner Gerald Daugherty on Wednesday evening same time and place. I hope I'll see you there!
If you wish to be added to my email list send a note to lakeway@bain.us and I'll get you on the list!
Have a GREAT weekend - I'll see you around the City!
Joe Bain
lakeway@bain.us
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