\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeander City Council is set to meet June 18. Here are three stories to keep an eye out for:<\/p>\n
Leander Planning and Zoning Commission approves in-home daycare capacity up to 6 children, rejects expanded proposal<\/a><\/p>\n After the Leander Planning and Zoning Commission approved an increase in the number of children allowed at in-home daycares in residential neighborhoods from five to six May 28, Leander City Council is set to consider finalizing any changes to the ordinance.<\/p>\n If approved by the Leander City Council, in-home daycares would be allowed to look after an additional child. The commission also voted down a motion that would have allowed in-home daycares to earn a permit to care for six additional children after school.<\/p>\n By allowing up to six children to be cared for at an in-home daycare, Leander would match the base number of children allowed at residential daycares in surrounding cities like Cedar Park, Georgetown, Round Rock, Taylor and Hutto.<\/p>\n Leander officials greenlight zoning change for proposed Life Time gym<\/a><\/p>\n The Leander Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted May 14 to approve a new planned unit development for the gym chain Life Time, an upscale athletic country club, on two parcels totaling 14 acres at 11675 Hero Way West.<\/p>\n The land, which is north of the South Street Villas, was originally split-zoned for a mix of townhomes and commercial use. With the approval of the rezoning to create Life Time\u2019s PUD\u2014a special zoning designation\u2014the business could operate from 4 a.m. to midnight, with amplified sound from the planned pool deck allowed between 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n Life Time is seeking to construct a 100,000-square-foot fitness center featuring a spa, salon and cafe, according to a letter of intent<\/a> submitted to the commission. The proposed location would include outdoor facilities, including an outdoor pool deck with a play area for children and an amplified sound system.<\/p>\n City Council will vote on finalizing the zoning changes.<\/p>\n Fiscal year 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program<\/p>\n After a presentation on the fiscal year 2025-26 Capital Improvement Program plan May 21, the Leander City Council will consider whether to approve the FY 2025-26 CIP projects approved for funding in the FY 2025-26 annual budget.<\/p>\n The program, which plans 10 years into the future, includes projects costing roughly $19.5 million that will continue from FY 2025-26, city documents state<\/a>. Additionally, over $260 million of projects are planned for fiscal years 2025-26 to 2029-30. In total, costs for the planned projects for the 10 years are estimated to surpass $800 million, according to city documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n Projects in the CIP include the construction of a new firehouse in northeast Leander, plans for the new city hall and the construction of a recreation center.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leander City Council is set to meet June 18. Here are three stories to keep an eye out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-337920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337920","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=337920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}