Development
BY GRACIE WARHURST
Hutto council prioritizes roads, water, groceries In the rst meeting with newly appointed coun- cil members Aaron King and Jim Morris, Hutto City Council set the tone for the next scal year, establishing which projects the city will prioritize. What happened At the special City Council meeting June 18, o cials held a discussion on economic develop- ment, with Mayor Mike Snyder directing city sta to come back with a policy to prioritize road and infrastructure projects, as well as attracting a new grocery store. “Without water and wastewater and roads, you won’t have new development,” Snyder said. Also on the agenda Much of the discussion at the June 18 meeting centered around establishing expectations going into the next budget season, including Snyder and
Limmer Square advances in Hutto
P ugerville approves $9.2M for wastewater P ugerville City Council approved a $9.2 million construction contract for Phase 2 of the Sorento wastewater interceptor project at its meeting June 24. About the project The project includes installing over 10,000 feet of wastewater line, and 25 manholes from Jesse Bohls Drive to the Verona and Weiss Lane lift stations. The work will decommission the Verona lift station, routing wastewater to the Wilbarger Creek Regional Wastewater Treat- ment Facility, currently under construction. Once the treatment facility is completed, the Weiss Lane lift station will also be decommissioned.
Rezoning clears path for P ugerville industrial development A 6-acre property near the Oncor substation in P ugerville will have a zoning consistent with a planned industrial development next door, follow- ing City Council’s approval of the rezoning request at a June 10 meeting. The request passed with a 4-3 vote, but will require a third reading. What happened The small property at 3315 East Pecan St., P uger- ville, located near the southwest corner of Pecan Street and Cameron Road, has never been platted and is vacant. Endeavor Real Estate, the applicant that will develop the land to the east, requested rezoning the plot from urban center level 5 zoning to campus industrial zoning, to have a uni ed and consistent
“As our city grows, the [Economic Development Corporation] is obviously a vital part of that, so I think we need to look at honing them in and
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giving them that clear and concise direction for what we’d like to see them do.” EVAN PORTERFIELD, PLACE 5 COUNCIL MEMBER
A proposed development known as Limmer Square will be annexed into Hutto and a public improvement district created after City Council approved the two ordinances June 26. The approval comes after the council delayed the vote twice to give developer Limmer Holdings more time to execute the development agreement from April. Plans show a mix of commercial and residential space, with 205 single-family, 220 townhome and 300 multifamily units.
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development across both properties, as well as provide access through Weiss Lane. Following the zoning change, the 6-acre tract’s approved land uses will include: • O ces • Research and development • Light manufacturing • Limited retail and business services The 111-acre Endeavor development to the east also includes a Weiss Lane extension to Elden Lane.
Place 5 council member Evan Porter eld cosigning a resolution to have a no-new-revenue budget focused on infrastructure. Place 1 council member Brian Thompson said he would not be voting in favor of the resolution on account of not having seen what the scal year 2025-26 budget would entail. The resolution passed 5-2, with Thompson and Mayor Pro Tem Peter Gordon voting against. City Attorney Dorothy Palumbo said that council is still within its parameters to adopt a tax rate above no-new-revenue if the need arises.
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