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Votes at a glance: March 4 special Bastrop City Council actions (first readings and consent)
Summary
The council approved multiple first-reading code amendments and consent items (listed below). Items were mostly unanimous; the tree-mitigation ordinance was tabled to March 11 for finalized language.
The Bastrop City Council took several formal actions during its March 4, 2025 special meeting. Below are the principal ordinances and resolutions considered and the outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript. Where the transcript recorded a unanimous or otherwise undifferentiated vote, the entry notes that roll-call tallies were not provided in the audio record.
Votes (summary)
- Ordinance 2025-14 (second reading scheduled on 03/11/2025) apportioning costs for improvements in the Veil Verde Public Improvement District area no. 1: included on consent agenda; motion to approve the consent agenda passed unanimously (item 3A on packet).
- Ordinance 2025-09 (second reading scheduled on 03/11/2025) setting the salary for the presiding municipal court judge and amending the agreement with Caroline A. McLymond JD: included on consent agenda; passed unanimously (item 3B).
- Ordinance 2025-29 (first reading; moved to March 11 consent for second reading) appointing an associate municipal judge: included on consent agenda; passed (item 3C).
- Resolution supporting House Bill HB 3500 (item 3F): Council approved a resolution expressing support for HB 3500 (which would add Bastrop to cities eligible to capture additional tax revenue from a hotel and convention center project); motion passed unanimously.
- Transportation master-plan reversion and related B3 code / technical manual edits (items 4A, 4B, 4C): Council approved first readings to revert to the 2017 transportation master plan, to remove mandatory street-grid language from the B3 code, and to edit the technical manual; each motion passed unanimously and will return for second readings on March 11.
- Minimum lot sizes in P2 and P3 (item 4D; Ordinance 2025-21): First reading approved (P2 average 1.0 acre; P3 0.33 acre); unanimous vote recorded; second reading scheduled for March 11.
- Build-to/setback standards in P2 and P3 (item 4E; Ordinance 2025-22): First reading approved with council direction to add a clearer definition for "undeveloped" lots; unanimous vote recorded; second reading scheduled for March 11.
- Duplexes in P2 and P3 (item 4F; Ordinance 2025-26): Council approved first-reading ordinance removing duplexes as an allowable building type in P2 and P3 (council directed staff to remove the conditional-use path for duplexes and return revised text); motion passed unanimously.
- Parkland dedication and park enrichment fee ordinance (item 4G; Ordinance 2025-19): Council approved first reading establishing parkland-dedication metrics, a fee-in-lieu program and a $500-per-unit park enrichment fee; motion passed unanimously and second reading set for March 11.
- Tree mitigation ordinance (consent item 3G): The council opened discussion and then unanimously tabled the ordinance to March 11 so staff could provide finalized ordinance language addressing emergent tree removals, replacement-tree credits, and the proper placement of misdemeanor penalty language in the code.
Notes on voting records and procedure: Most items were approved on preliminary/first-reading votes and scheduled for second readings on March 11 where required by ordinance procedure; the transcript records votes as unanimous in each case but does not provide a full roll-call tally in the audio excerpts reviewed. Items explicitly pulled from consent and tabled were identified in the meeting minutes and the council instructed staff to return complete ordinance language as noted above.
