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Georgetown plans for second downtown parking garage The city of Georgetown plans to construct a sec- ond downtown parking garage near East Ninth and South Main streets in a collaboration with the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool. What’s happening TML will lead the design, permitting and con- struction of the garage, as well as pay for a portion of the project, Assistant City Manager Nick Woolery said at a May 26 City Council meeting. The partnership will allow TML, which is moving its headquarters from Austin to downtown Georgetown, to provide additional parking for employees during the week. During evenings, weekends and holidays, those spaces will be available for public use. TML plans to fund five-sevenths of the cost of 200
Officials remove local alcohol permit fee Georgetown City Council passed an ordi- nance to repeal the city’s local fee for Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission permits at a May 26 meeting. The details The city previously charged businesses a fee for TABC permits, which generated about $4,000 a year for the city’s budget, Chief Financial Officer Leigh Wallace said. Last year, the Texas Senate passed a bill that prevents local governments from charging businesses more than one local permit fee for food and alcohol. To comply with the new rule, Georgetown agreed to stop collecting city level fees and defer to the Williamson County Health District as the single local authority to charge for the permits.
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parking spaces, with the city paying the remaining cost through Georgetown Transportation Enhance- ment Corporation sales tax funds, Woolery said. The project will also include ground-floor retail spaces, which the city will either lease or sell to businesses. The overall design will result in 448 new parking spaces. About 30% of spaces are designated as over- sized stalls specifically designed to accommodate larger trucks and SUVs. Full construction is anticipated to begin in 2027, ahead of an early 2029 opening. The project will replace 134 existing parking spaces in the current lot, Woolery said.
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