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BY SAM SCHAFFER
Leander approves zoning change amid pushback Leander City Council reached the needed super- majority to approve a zoning change on Private Road 920 at its April 17 meeting. PRIVATE RD.
Liberty Hill ups water, wastewater rates Liberty Hill City Council approved increased water and wastewater rates for customers April 23. The rates follow approval of the city’s 2025 Water Master Plan, which showed the city could see water shortages if it does not bolster infrastructure. Two-minute impact The rate customers pay for water and wastewater increased by 10.5% and 6.5%, respectively, according to a presentation to the City Council. The rates, which took eect April 23, resulted from considerations of the costs and resources to operate water and wastewater utilities, according to agenda documents.
The 10-acre property sits at 551 Private Road 920, according to agenda documents. A letter of intent showed the rezoning request was to eventu- ally allow for the Oasis Subdivision project. What you need to know The applicant applied for the property to be rezoned from single family rural to single family suburban in anticipation of subdividing the property into 30 lots, according to the letter. Community members, many from the neighbor- ing Marbella neighborhood, submitted a petition on the issue, expressing their concerns about increased trac and altered views, which necessi- tated a supermajority instead of a simple majority. What they’re saying Sam Sheikh, a representative for the owner of
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the property, decried the petition. “It is an absolute insult to an American citizen, a citizen of Leander, who was there rst before Marbella ever existed,” Sheikh said. “This is dicult for us, because we hear you,” Leander Mayor Christine DeLisle said. “At the same time, we have a legal obligation from the state to go ahead with the highest and best use of this property.”
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