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Board approvals: election order, architect selection, easements, possession agreements and consent agenda
Summary
At the Jan. 15 meeting the Lake Travis ISD board approved the order calling the May 3, 2025 trustee election and a package of construction and land actions including architect selection and several easements and possession/use authorizations; motions carried by voice vote as recorded on the agenda.
The Lake Travis ISD Board of Trustees took a series of formal actions Wednesday evening. Most items had limited discussion before the board voted; the motions passed as reflected below.
Votes at a glance
- Order calling the May 3, 2025 Board of Trustees election: approved. Motion by Trustee Kim Flash; second by Trustee Philip Davis. (Purpose: fill board places 3, 4, and 5 for three‑year terms.)
- Approve Lake Travis Elementary Targeted Improvement Plan and ESF grant cycle 3 (public hearing item): approved. Motion by Trustee Keely Kano; second by Trustee Lauren White.
- Select Hadden Cowan Architects for Lake Travis High School Baseball Field Facilities Project (design for concession/press box/restrooms): approved. Motion by Trustee Keely Kano; second by Trustee Philip Davis.
- Grant a nonexclusive waterway setback protective easement to Travis County at the Elementary No. 8 (Hamilton Pool Road) site: approved. Motion by Trustee Lauren White; second by Trustee Philip Davis.
- Grant a permanent water‑quality control protective easement to Travis County at the Elementary No. 8 site (inspection and monitoring of detention/water‑quality features): approved. Motion by Trustee Robert Aird; second by Trustee Kim Flash.
- Grant an electric utility easement to the City of Austin on the Lake Travis High School campus (to support relocation of overhead lines underground and future distribution): approved. Motion by Trustee Philip Davis; second by Trustee Keely Kano.
- Authorize negotiation and execution of possession and use agreement for property needed for High School No. 2 (allow district access and control pending final purchase negotiations or eminent domain resolution): approved. Motion by Trustee Kim Flash; second by Trustee Philip Davis. Board materials note the district will pay up to the appraisal amount under the possession agreement while negotiations continue.
- Authorize negotiation and execution of possession and use agreements for land necessary for Elementary No. 8 (Hamilton Pool Road site): approved. Motion by Trustee Philip Davis; second by Trustee Kim Flash.
- Approve consent agenda as presented (standard consent items on the posted agenda): approved. Motion by Trustee Kim Flash; second by Trustee Philip Davis.
Most votes were announced as “motion carries”; no recorded roll‑call tallies were provided in the public transcript. The board also received notifications (no vote required) about a technology bond purchase for district telephony infrastructure and a separate district payment to Austin Energy to bury existing overhead electric lines along Cavalier Drive as part of stadium and road realignment work.
