Council adopts Ordinance 600 to update Bee Cave thoroughfare plan, approves alignment Option 3

The Bee Cave City Council on March 24 adopted Ordinance 600 to amend the city's thoroughfare plan, approving the staff-recommended alignment known as Option 3.

City planner Mallory summarized the revisions and said Option 3 "improves the safety and operations at the elementary school" by adding a signalized intersection to manage circulation at BK Elementary. Council discussion emphasized balancing traffic relief, property impacts and floodplain costs; staff noted that crossing a local floodplain could cost roughly $4–5 million.

The ordinance updates included realigning Village at Spanish Oaks roadways to match an approved PDD, removing several internal connector roads, adding two neighborhood collectors between Bee Cave Parkway and Skaggs Drive, and retaining Shops Parkway as a private drive rather than converting it to a public road. Planning and Zoning had recommended approval before the council vote.

During the public hearing, Robert Armstead of Travis County Parks urged the city to confirm that planned alignments would not obstruct maintenance facilities on county park property. Mallory told the council staff would coordinate with Travis County and property owners to avoid routing a roadway through park buildings.

Councilmember S7 moved to approve Ordinance 600; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. The council read into the record the Planning & Zoning recommendation and the set of changes included with the ordinance. No additional engineering or final right-of-way dedications were taken at this meeting; staff said the map is conceptual and that detailed design would come later.