CITY & COUNTY
News from Hutto & P ugerville
COMPILED BY CARSON GANONG
QUOTE OF NOTE
Hutto’s Co-Op District mandates parking garages
HIGHLIGHTS HUTTO After being re-elected to Hutto City Council Place 4 in the May 6 election, Peter Gordon was again appointed mayor pro tem with a council vote May 18. Gordon was rst appointed to the position in May 2022. He will serve as mayor pro tem, a position that lls in for the mayor in the mayor’s absence, for at least another year before the position is up for appointment again in May 2024. PFLUGERVILLE After roughly a year of public input and data collection, P ugerville sta completed work in May on a new Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan. The top priority identi ed in the plan is expanding the city’s trail network to improve park accessibility for all P ugerville residents. PFLUGERVILLE At a May 9 meeting, City Council held the rst of two public hearings to kick o the development of the Community Development Block Grant 2023 plan, which will guide the allocation of around $300,000 in funds. Planning and Development Services Director Jeremy Frazzell said infrastructure projects could include streets, sidewalks, trails and streetlights, particularly in low- to moderate- income neighborhoods. A draft of the plan will be made available at www.p ugervilletx.gov/cdbg in late June, and council will hold a second public hearing in July before voting on the plan in August. “THOSE SQUIRRELS, LITERALLY, HAVE COST US HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THERE IS NO TELLING HOW MUCH MONEY WE’VE ACTUALLY SPENT ON SQUIRRELS.” BILL GRAVELL, WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUDGE, REGARDING THE $400,000 COST TO REPAIR CHILLERS AFTER SQUIRRELS DAMAGED AN ELECTRICAL SERVICE POLE TRANSFORMER P ugerville City Council will meet June 13 and 27 at 7 p.m. 1611 E. Pfennig Lane, P ugerville 512-990-6101 www.p ugervilletx.gov Hutto City Council MEETINGS WE COVER
HUTTO An updated development agreement requiring several new elements is in place for Hutto’s Co-Op District, a 35-acre mixed-use development on Hwy. 79. The agreement—which City Council approved May 4— introduces several adjustments to requirements estab- lished in previous agreements. One requirement added in the new agreement states developer MA Partners must construct several parking garages in The Co-Op. The rst of those parking garages will be associ- ated with the Jack Allen’s Kitchen location that was announced in November. City sta said the structure is expected to be complete at the same time as Jack Allen’s. City Manager James Earp said some of the parking garages will be “urban wrap” designs, meaning o ces or apartments will wrap around the garage. MA Partners also opened The Co-Op’s amphitheater, splash pad and green space over Memorial Day weekend, when Top Notch Hamburgers also celebrated a ribbon cutting. The city moved the annual Sunset Block Party Bash to The Co-Op. “We’re looking at combining all of those activities into a single kind of kicko —a big party downtown on the town green for the public to celebrate The Co-Op,” Earp said. The new agreement also imposes greater penalties for failure to meet timelines or development requirements.
The Co-Op District is a 35-acre mixed-use development located just west of downtown Hutto. (Carson Ganong/Community Impact) AN UPDATED AGREEMENT Requirements approved May 4 regarding The Co-Op District in Hutto include several new stipulations.
Opening of an amphitheater, splash pad and green space to the public Construction of parking garages to begin within 270 days of May 4 Turning ownership of the covered pavilion area over to the city for events Limiting rst- oor commercial development to certain businesses
SOURCE: CITY OF HUTTO COMMUNITY IMPACT
Runo election for Hutto City Council to take place June 10 HUTTO After no candidate for Hutto City Council Place 5 received more than 50% of the votes in the May 6 election, the city will hold a runo election in June. Early voting for the runo took place from May 30-June 6, and election day is June 10. The election will be between the two top vote-getters from the May election, Dana Wilcott and James Weaver, who received 608, or 46.84%, and 346 votes, respec- tively. Marcus Coleman received 344 votes. Council canvassed the results at a special meeting May 16, con- rming Wilcott and Weaver as the runo candidates. A city announcement states there will be one voting location for the runo : the William- son County Hutto Annex at 321 Ed Schmidt Blvd., Hutto. The polling location will be open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. June 10.
MAY 6 ELECTION RESULTS Three Hutto City Council seats were up for election in May. Places 1 and 4 had de nitive winners, but Place 5 will go to a runo in June.
PARKS BOND PROJECTS P ugerville voters approved a bond in 2020 that contained $42.3 million for assorted park improvements across the city. Neighborhood parks slated for improvements: • Mallard Park • Pecan Park • Kelly Lane Park • Picadilly Park • Wilbarger Creek Park
PLACE 1 Brian Thompson
Robin Sutton 741 550
SOURCE: CITY OF HUTTO COMMUNITY IMPACT
City advances on parks projects PFLUGERVILLE City Council approved a $903,768 contract May 9 with engineering rm Quiddity Engi- neering to move forward with several of its 2020 parks bond projects. About $42.3 million will go toward renovations to six parks, including 1849 Park, Kelly Lane Park and Pecan Park. Improvements will add sports elds, dog parks and other amenities at the parks. The projects are still in the design phase.
PLACE 4 Peter Gordon
Nicole Calderone 864 457
PLACE 5 Dana Wilcott *
608
James Weaver *
346
Marcus Coleman
344
will meet July 6 at 7 p.m. 500 W. Live Oak St., Hutto 512-759-4033 www.huttotx.gov
*RUNOFF JUNE 10 SOURCE: WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT
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PFLUGERVILLE HUTTO EDITION • JUNE 2023
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