\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more about actions taken by the Round Rock City Council in an April 23 meeting<\/p>\n
Increases to fees for city facility rentals, water park admission<\/a><\/p>\n City officials approved a measure to increase some usage fees for sports and recreation facilities. Parks & Recreation Department Director Rick Atkins said the increases reflect improvements to these facilities, he said, and remain some of the lowest compared to neighboring areas.<\/p>\n The details <\/p>\n Changes to entry and reservation fees are under consideration for the following facilities:<\/p>\n Rock’N River Water Park: $6 increase in price for day pass tickets, $18 for youth tickets and $20 for adults. This is accompanied by a $10 increase to the cost of family passes, bringing the fee to $245 for a family of four.Baseball and softball: Atkins said the proposed daily rental rate of $200 is an increase of $140. Lighting fees will also increase from $18 to $25 per hour.Pavilions: Rental rates for standard neighborhood pavilions owned by the city will increase to $100. Specific pavilions targeted for a different rate increase. This includes the Backyard Pavilion, up to $300 for four hours and $50 for each additional hour, and the Lakeview Pavilion, up to $600 for four hours and $100 for each additional hour.Additional information about the fee changes is available on the council’s online meeting agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n Annexation of property near northeast corner of Chandler Road and SH 130<\/a><\/p>\n Council approved the annexation of 8.53 acres of property at the northeast corner of SH 130 and Chandler Road in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, dispensing with a second reading.<\/p>\n The property is occupied by a QuickTrip gas station and convenience store. In addition to its annexation into city limits, Council approved a zoning for the property of C1-a for commercial use, with some limitations. The zoning opens the property up for future redevelopment, city staff said, with building heights of up to 12 stories allowed.<\/p>\n Trail-focused update to mixed-use development plan approved<\/a><\/p>\n Council approved a request to amend a planned unit development zoning for a 110.54-acre property located near the southwest intersection of Kenney Fort Boulevard and East Palm Valley Boulevard at an upcoming meeting. Included in the proposed amendment is a shift from a mixed-use development with a “Main Street” focus to one with a trail-oriented design.<\/p>\n The request received initial approval<\/a> from the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission in March.<\/p>\n In an April 21 council packet briefing, Planning & Development Services Director Brad Dushkin said this would be the first such design concept in the city of Round Rock.<\/p>\n The details<\/p>\n The property includes a portion of Brushy Creek at its southern border, and the proposal would relocate a portion of the regional trail along the creek farther from its banks, to connect with commercial, residential and private outdoor recreational opportunities, the amendment<\/a> states.<\/p>\n The change is recommended by city staff and comes at the request of The Drenner Group, representing the developer, Milhaus.<\/p>\n Additional plans in the proposed amendment include a pedestrian-friendly paseo, similar to the one in downtown Round Rock, lined by ground-floor retail with multifamily housing from the second floor up.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Learn more about actions taken by the Round Rock City Council in an April 23 meeting Increases to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,101492,64800,101491,101493],"class_list":["post-273835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-round-rock-annexation","tag-round-rock-city-council","tag-round-rock-local-government","tag-round-rock-water-park-fees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}