Leander - Liberty Hill Edition | November 2023

BY HALEY MCLEOD & ZACHARIA WASHINGTON

City ocials discuss, update drought plans Liberty Hill City Council voted Oct. 11 to post- pone approval of the city’s new Drought Contin- gency Plan due to it being “too restrictive.” The gist Director of Public Works David Thomison said the goal was to ensure the city’s new plan was as e„ective as the city of Leander’s, which is where Liberty Hill receives its water. However, Thomison said Liberty Hill’s proposed plan is actually more restrictive than Leander’s plan to help with conservation e„orts. In other news Leander City Council approved the city’s updated Water Conservation and Drought Contin- gency Plan at its Oct. 10 meeting. The updates, listed below, aim to lessen peak water usage periods, oˆcials said.

Ocials approve capital project dollars Williamson County Commissioners Court approved on Oct. 10 a list of capital improve- ment projects to fund. The breakdown Commissioners selected $16.2 million in capital improvements to kick o„ in žscal year 2023-24. Oˆcials identižed a number of street and county facility projects: • Tracy Chambers Lane extension: $5.2M • Backup 911 center: $4.5M • New radio tower for public safety: $3M • Carlson Cove Tower maintenance for emergency communications: $1.5M • Williamson County Fleet building expansion: $1.5M • Taylor Tax Oˆce remodel: $457,425

Liberty Hill’s proposed plan City Council voted to postpone approving the plan, but sta will bring it back at a later date.

Base conditions Once-weekly watering is allowed; no irriga- tion between the hours of 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Water use reduction Once-weekly watering is allowed; no irriga- tion between 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; no car washing Water emergency Only handheld hose watering allowed; no watering between 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Water system failure Use of water restricted

Phase 4

SOURCE: CITY OF LIBERTY HILLCOMMUNITY IMPACT

• Removing “no water” Mondays • Removing the split between residential and commercial watering days • Updating watering hours to be midnight-7 a.m. • Requiring annual audits for large irrigation systems

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