CITY & COUNTY
News from Cedar Park, Leander & Williamson County
Cedar Park City Council will meet April 13 and 27 at 7 p.m. at 450 Cypress Creek Road, Bldg. 4, Cedar Park. 512-401-5000. www.cedarparktexas.gov Leander City Council will meet April 20 and May 4 at 6 p.m. at 201 N. Brushy St., Leander. 512-528-2743. www.leandertx.gov Travis County Commissioners Court will meet April 18 and May 2 and 9 at 9 a.m. at 700 Lavaca MEETINGS WE COVER HIGHLIGHTS LEANDER On March 2, City Council approved an $8.28 million contract for a new San Gabriel elevated storage tank. Located at 1012 Azul Lagoon Drive, the storage tank will ease some demand from the Sandy Creek water treatment plant and redirect it to the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority plant. Work is planned to begin this spring and wrap up by fall 2024.
County adjusts funding for tactical teams, prioritizes fentanyl education
Lakeline farmers market accepts WIC starting in April
MARKET HOURS Every Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 11200 Lakeline Mall Drive, Cedar Park
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Cedar Park City Council approved several conditions to minimize the e ects of the NFM super-regional destination center on nearby communities.
CEDAR PARK The Texas Farmers’ Market at Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park now accepts Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children during its operating season, which runs April through October. WIC, along with the BY ZACHARIA WASHINGTON
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federally-funded health and nutrition program that assists low-income families. At TFM, SNAP is accepted regularly, while WIC is seasonal. Through a partnership with the Sustainable Food Center, TFM has been accepting SNAP and WIC
at select locations in the Austin area for years. “With recent in¡ation, ... it’s more important than ever to get the word out about these programs so that more Central Texans can take advantage of these benets and get access to more fresh, local produce,” TFM Director of Marketing Julia Keim said.
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mixture being tracked throughout the country. “It’s in our community now as we speak,” Gleason said. The sheri’s oce can now pay for the costs of SWAT team operations as well as K9 operations out of the department’s general fund. Gleason said the funding previously came from seized assets, which can now go to new technology and equipment. Gleason said he has worked with state Rep. Terry Wilson, RGeorge- town, to develop legislation requiring middle and high schools to implement fentanyl awareness curriculum.
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY Commis- sioners approved folding funding for tactical teams and K9 units with the Williamson County Sheri’s Oce general fund March 21 as undercover narcotics ocers recently uncovered a new drug mixture. Sheri Mike Gleason said an under- cover ocer purchased a drug that contains fentanyl and xylazine, which is not an opioid, and Narcan does not reverse its eects. On March 20, the U.S. Drug Enforce- ment Administration issued a public safety alert about an increase in the
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Proposed buer, fence by NFM to lessen eects
The rezoning paves the way for commercial and retail uses. Located along East New Hope Drive between Avenue of the Stars and South Block House Drive, the 118-acre site will include a convention center, a hotel and a NFM retail store. Construction is planned to begin in late 2023 or early 2024 with an opening in 2026. “I do want to thank the NFM team for continuing outreach to the neighborhood and working with them to nd something that’s really going to make all our lives much better,” Mayor Jim Penniman-Morin said.
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City cancels election after candidate exits
UNCONTESTED COUNCIL POSITIONS While three Cedar Park Council seats were scheduled to be on the ballot, only one candidate is running in each race. Place 1 Bobbi Hutchinson
Member Stephen Thomas, who is not seeking re-election. Justin O’Brien and Bobbi Hutchinson were the only two candidates running for the Place 1 seat. O’Brien withdrew from the race, leaving Hutchison to run unop- posed. O’Brien said he dropped from the race because of two family emergencies occurring soon after he submitted an application for election.
BY ZACHARIA WASHINGTON
CEDAR PARK City Council approved a rezoning request Feb. 23 for the future NFM—for- merly Nebraska Furniture Mart— development with a condition that adds a 30-foot landscape buer and 10-foot fence along the northern boundary, mini- mizing the eect on the nearby neighborhood.
St., Austin. 512-854-4722. www.traviscountytx.gov Williamson County Commissioners Court
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“I WANT US TO JUSTLY AND FAIRLY PURSUE THOSE WHO DESIRE TO DO DAMAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANT US TO BE SWIFT.” BILL GRAVELL, WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUDGE
CEDAR PARK All three races in the upcoming Cedar Park City Council election May 6 are now unopposed. The only contested race was for Place 1, which is held by Council
Place 3 Anne Duy
will meet April 18 and 25 and May 2 and 9 at 9:30 a.m. at 710 S. Main St., Georgetown. 512-943-1100. www.wilco.org
Place 5 Kevin Harris
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CEDAR PARK 13530 Ronald Reagan Blvd (512) 986-7681
NORTH 620 10601 N FM 620 (512) 506-8316
HYMEADOW 12611 Hymeadow (512) 506-8401
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