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Billboard petition fails to meet requirements A petition to ask voters whether Round Rock’s city charter should change to allow electronic bill- boards along highways did not meet the threshold for signatures, according to city officials. What happened Last summer, residents began receiving text messages from WAB Research and later the Keep Round Rock Safe PAC. In recent months, political action committee Keep Round Rock Safe has canvassed area neighborhoods attempting to collect signatures for a ballot initiative to change the city charter. If approved by voters, a city ordinance would have allowed for up to a dozen electronic billboards to be placed along I-35 and SH 45 within Round Rock. However, a large portion of the signatures submitted to the city as part of the initiative were collected from residents outside of the city limits,
Amazon’s Round Rock plans move forward Round Rock City Council approved a planned unit development agreement Jan. 11 with the e-commerce conglomerate Amazon, pushing forward the development of property near Round Rock West. In a nutshell After over a year’s pause on plans for the roughly 150-acre tract of land off CR 172, Amazon submitted a request for annex- ation into Round Rock city limits, coupled with a PUD application detailing plans for the property. The PUD application cites plans for a warehouse distribution center, which was included in the original PUD request file in 2022. Construction of the facility will begin by the end of 2024 and is estimated to be operational by the end of 2025.
3,189 needed to bring measure to a vote 4,203 submitted to city 1,392 determined invalid 1,268 collected outside city limits Billboard petition signatures
SOURCE: CITY OF ROUND ROCK/COMMUNITY IMPACT
specifically from individuals who live in municipal utility districts. The PAC announced in late December it sub- mitted just over 4,200 signatures to the city. Of those, 1,392 signatures were determined invalid. The majority of the invalid signatures—1,268—were from residents outside city limits. The PAC’s petition to alter Round Rock’s policy came after unsuccessful attempts in 2022 and early 2023 by Austin-based advertising company MediaChoice to lobby City Council members to change the sign ordinances.
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