Planning commission adopts Leander's first stormwater master plan

Aug 13, 2026

The Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously adopted a stormwater master plan (CPA-26-20) after staff described a year-long modeling and public-engagement process; commissioners asked staff to refine maps, add reprioritization criteria and emphasized riparian protections.

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The Leander Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 13 to adopt the city's first stormwater master plan into the comprehensive plan (case CPA-26-20). Assistant city engineer and floodplain administrator Sarvesh Takal told commissioners the year-long effort combined hydraulic modeling, public open houses and utility-bill outreach to identify where ponding and drainage issues occur and to prioritize candidate projects.

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