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City council approves consent package including parking code changes, rezoning and economic-development amendment
Summary
The New Braunfels City Council unanimously approved a consent agenda that included suspension of a proposed CenterPoint Energy rate increase, amendments to city parking rules and two rezoning ordinances. Council also approved the first reading of youth program standards for parks and recreation.
New Braunfels City Council on April 14 unanimously approved a consent agenda bundling several resolutions and second-and-final-reading ordinances, and separately approved the first reading of a Parks and Recreation youth program standards ordinance.
The consent motion — moved by Council Member Larry Spradley and seconded by Council Member Mary Anne Lebowski — carried unanimously after a roll call; no items were pulled for separate discussion. Items approved in the omnibus motion included a resolution to suspend 45 days of the effective date for a gas-utility rate increase proposed by CenterPoint Energy and to continue the city's participation in the CenterPoint Municipalities alliance; an economic-development amendment recommended by the New Braunfels Economic Development Corporation supporting an expansion project by Texas Tito's Inc.; multiple code changes related to parking and towing; and two rezoning ordinances.
Why it matters: The omnibus approval implements changes to local parking enforcement, clarifies loading/tow-away zones, updates no-parking zones in a city park and…
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