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Lake Travis ISD ratifies Rule 11 agreement and authorizes settlement of two eminent domain cases
Summary
After a lengthy closed session, the Lake Travis Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to ratify a Rule 11 settlement with Masonwood and authorize settlement of two eminent domain matters; board cited closed-session attorney consultations under Texas Government Code.
The Lake Travis Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to ratify and approve a Rule 11 agreement with Masonwood and authorized settlement of two pending eminent domain matters after returning from closed session.
Board members voted to approve the settlement motion by voice vote; the motion was made by Board member Kim and seconded by Board member Phil. The board did not state a roll-call tally during the public session, and no financial or settlement terms were disclosed at the meeting.
The board went into closed session at 5:40 p.m. under Sections 551.071 and 551.074 of the Texas Government Code for attorney consultation and personnel/privately held deliberations and returned to open session at 9:21 p.m., at which time the motion to ratify the Rule 11 agreement and authorize settlement was presented and approved. The meeting adjourned at 9:22 p.m.
The motion approved in open session said the action was "pursuant to the terms discussed in closed session;" the board did not provide those terms in the public record during the meeting. The agenda item and the motion as read publicly identified Masonwood as the other party to the Rule 11 agreement.
No additional public action or votes on other items were taken after the motion. The board did not provide further details about follow-up steps or timelines for implementing the settlement.
