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Cedar Park council approves three amendments to Mobility Master Plan, authorizes administrative updates
Summary
The council approved three roadway amendments to the city’s Mobility Master Plan — extending planned improvements to Power Lane, removing certain streets in the Bell District to reflect fire/emergency access lanes, and lengthening a proposed six‑lane section on New Hope Drive — and authorized staff to make administrative map updates.
The Cedar Park City Council approved three amendments to the city’s Mobility Master Plan (MMP) and granted staff authority to make administrative updates to MMP maps and appendices when appropriate.
Skinner, the city’s assistant director of engineering capital projects, told the council the MMP was adopted in September 2023 and combines several action plans (trails, roadway, transit, safe pedestrian crossings and intersections). Staff identified three proposed amendments to the roadway plan: extending the western terminus of a planned improvement from Baghdad Road to Power Lane; removing highlighted streets inside the Bell District roadway plan so they will function as fire or emergency access lanes rather than full public streets; and extending the western terminus of proposed improvements on New Hope Drive about 500 feet west of Bell Boulevard to maintain a continuous six‑lane section through that intersection. Skinner also described routine, administrative map updates (for example, changing a completed project line to a solid line) that staff would apply without returning to council for every minor correction.
Council members asked that the record and maps preserve a visible history of changes — for example, an appendix or change log showing completed projects, dates and budget status — so that citizens reviewing the MMP can see what has changed since adoption. Councilors also confirmed that the widening project on Ranch Road/ FM 1431 from West Whitestone to Powerline remains a TxDOT project and that construction funds for that section have not been identified by the city; staff said the city’s role on that corridor is as a partner on right‑of‑way acquisition rather than the primary administrator of the construction contract.
After discussion, a council member moved to approve the amendments as presented and the council voted 6‑0 with one member absent. The vote also authorized staff to perform administrative updates to the MMP maps and appendices consistent with the council’s direction.
The MMP amendments align the roadway plan with current project design plans and the Bell District concept, and they formalize an approach to minor map corrections and status updates without requiring full council approval for each administrative change.
