CITY & COUNTY
News from Hutto & P ugerville
COMPILED BY CARSON GANONG
P ugerville City Council will meet April 25 at 7 p.m. 1611 E. Pfennig Lane, P ugerville 512-990-6101 www.p ugervilletx.gov Hutto City Council will meet April 20 at 7 p.m. 500 W. Live Oak St., Hutto 512-759-4033 www.huttotx.gov MEETINGS WE COVER HUTTO The Hutto Economic Development Corp. o cially took ownership of the 250-acre Cottonwood Properties on March 6. Originally planned to be the site of baseball company Perfect Game’s new headquarters, the city now has other plans for the tract, including an unnamed grocery store. HIGHLIGHTS PFLUGERVILLE On March 14, P ugerville City Council approved the purchase of $3.3 million in generators and other equipment for two water and wastewater projects: a second water pipeline from the Colorado River and a new regional wastewater treatment plant. City sta said the purchases are in response to outages caused by 2021 Winter Storm Uri.
Tra c tops list of resident priorities in survey
Water line relocation to make way for new Hutto arterial road HUTTO A city project relocating several water pipelines and extending others will make way for the third segment of South- east Loop, a new major arterial road in Hutto under construction by Williamson County. On March 23, Hutto City Coun- cil approved the use of $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds for the design and construc- tion of the water line relocation. City o cials have not yet pro- vided a timeline for completion of the water pipeline relocation project.
GALLONS PER DAY The P ugerville water plant expansion will greatly increase treatment capacity at the facility. Current
RESIDENT SATISFACTION A Hutto survey measured residents’ level of satisfaction with di erent city services.
HUTTO Improving the ow of tra c on major roads and highways is the highest priority among Hutto residents, according to a survey commis- sioned by the city. The city contracted with market research rm ETC Institute to perform the statistically valid survey last spring and presented the results at a March 2 meeting. The primary purpose of the survey was to mea- sure residents’ priorities and level of satisfaction with various city services. Out of 14 categories, survey respondents ranked the ow of tra c on major roads and highways as both the most important and least satisfactory city
service: 67.1% of respondents ranked it as a major priority, and 16.5% said they were satis ed with the service. The next most important services as ranked by survey respondents were the ow of tra c on city streets and the maintenance of city streets. The city’s best-ranked services were solid waste services and city library services. City sta said the survey results will be used over the coming year in drafting a new strategic plan. “These data are intended to help [council] form those more short-term decisions over the next couple of years,” Communications Director Allison Strupeck said.
Hutto
Texas average
Capacity when complete: 30 million gallons per day
capacity: 17 million gallons per day
Flow of tra c on major roads/ highways
17%
30%
City representatives and partner organizations gathered for a groundbreaking event March 2. SOURCE: CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE COMMUNITY IMPACT
Plant expansion to bring years of capacity
City street maintenance
37%
26%
PFLUGERVILLE Construction has o cially started on a $144 million expansion to P ugerville’s surface water treatment plant that will nearly double the plant’s capacity. The city held a groundbreaking event March 2, where city o cials and representatives from various organizations spoke on the project. Funding for the expansion comes from a variety of sources, including $24 million from the Texas Water Development Board and $52 million from a Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan. Established in 2014, the WIFIA is a federal credit program for water and
wastewater infrastructure projects. Andrew Sawyers, director of the o ce of wastewater management for the Environmental Protection Agency, said the loan is the rst WIFIA loan ever distributed for a project in Texas. When complete, the project will expand the plant’s treatment capacity from 17 million gallons per day to 30 million. P ugerville Public Utilities Director Brandon Pritchett said the expanded capacity will allow P ugerville to keep up with the pro- jected water demand through 2040. The completion of the project is expected in 2026.
Wastewater services
66%
48%
SOURCE: ETC INSTITUTE COMMUNITY IMPACT
Downtown utility study could pave way for undergrounding infrastructure
PFLUGERVILLE A new study will catalog existing utility infrastruc- ture in downtown P ugerville and identify needed improvements. P ugerville City Council approved a $157,370 contract with CobbFend- ley & Associates, the engineering rm that will carry out the study, at
a March 14 meeting. As part of the study, CobbFendley will collect in-depth subsurface utility engineering data on the downtown area. City of P ugerville sta said once the study is complete, possible projects could include relocating,
repairing or resizing utility infra- structure downtown. One related project o cials have previously discussed would move power lines and other utility infrastructure underground. City sta said CobbFendley will present its ndings by March 2024.
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HERITAGE LOOP TRAIL
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ROUND ROCK 201 University Oaks Blvd (512) 341-9066
GEORGETOWN 1013 W University Ave (512) 868-6696
ARBORETUM 10515 N Mopac Expressway (512) 342-6893
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