CITY & COUNTY
News from Austin, Bee Cave, Lakeway & Rollingwood
Bee Cave City Council will meet June 27 at 6 p.m. 512-767-6600. www.beecavetexas.gov Lakeway City Council will meet July 3 and 17 at 6:30 p.m. 512-314-7500. www.lakeway-tx.gov Rollingwood City Council will meet July 19 at 7 p.m. 512-327-1838. www.cityofrollingwood.com Travis County Commissioners Court will meet June 29 and July 11, 13 and 18 at 9 a.m. 512-854-4722. www.traviscountytx.gov West Lake Hills City Council will meet June 28 and July 12 at 7 p.m. 512-327-3628. www.westlakehills.org MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS ROLLINGWOOD City Council authorized the rehabilitation of three Hatley Fields, located at 4821 Rollingwood Drive, Ste. 4815, for just over $20,000. Fields 3-5 will be leveled out for fresh grass. BEE CAVE City Council authorized participation in the Travis County Community Block Development Program on May 23, which provides low- to moderate- income households with financial assistance, social services and more.
$17.5M to fund roads, connectivity
Officials caution over contact with algae
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
FINANCING FUTURE PROJECTS Lakeway’s $17.5 million bond package was approved by voters Nov. 8. The monies will fund the following projects under the transportation and connectivity improvement proposition that was posed to voters: • Right-of-way acquisition for RM 620 widening • Box culvert reconstruction for Lakeway Drive • Culvert improvements for Top ‘O the Lake • Road resurfacing for Lakeway Drive and Lohmans Crossing • Traffic signals for the intersections of Lohmans Crossing and Main Street as well as Flint Rock Road and Wild Cherry • Sidewalk construction for Dave Drive • Bridge and road construction for either Main Street or Birrell Street
LAKEWAY City officials autho- rized the issuance of bonds totaling $17.5 million for transportation projects after voter approval in November at a meeting May 15. City Council voted to allow for the bonds to be sold to Toron- to-based TD Securities at a max- imum total interest rate of 3.79% and a maximum final maturity of 40 years. Jennifer Ritter, the city’s finan- cial advisor, said the funds became available in early June to begin financing bond projects. She also said the city will begin repaying bond funds after the first year to minimize direct cost to taxpayers. “The first year is interest only, and then it goes to level debt service thereafter,” Ritter said. “This is a level as quick as you can, essentially a repayment process to sort of maximize paying this down as quickly as possible and minimize interest cost to the taxpayers.”
BY ELLE BENT
AUSTIN Cyanobacteria, known as blue-green algae, was found along Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin, except Walsh Boat Landing, between May 2-12. The city of Austin is resuming routine monitoring as temperatures rise with biweekly visits to three testing sites on each lake during the summer through early fall. City officials recommend avoiding contact with the algae, including not drinking directly from either lake. While neither Lady Bird Lake nor Lake Austin have been found to have toxins released into the water, some species of the algae contain toxins within itself. When ingested or touched, the toxins can cause illness from the exposure in people and pets, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For more information on algae, visit www.austintexas.gov/algae.
SOURCE: CITY OF LAKEWAY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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