Lakeway City Council appointed seven community members to the Aviation Zoning District Study Committee during its March 31 meeting in response to recent controversy surrounding Lakeway Airpark.

Each member of the City Council and the mayor recommended one person to be part of the committee. Mayor Tom Kilgore nominated Ron Massa as the chair of the committee, to be joined by Matt Sherman, William Cotton, Chris Lee, Ed LeBlanc, JoAnn Anderson and Randy Adams.

The committee will meet to analyze issues related to the aviation zoning district, such as public safety issues, airpark operations, air safety and other relevant issues, according to city documents. The committee will make recommendations to the zoning and planning commission, and then to council concerning amendments to the zoning district.

The Aviation Zoning District Study Committee was created in February by the council. Problems arose in September when Lakeway Mayor Tom Kilgore received a report on ordinance violations dating back to 2016 from representatives of two airpark neighbors, according to a press release from the city. Following this, the city began to closely monitor the activities of the airpark and determined there were several violations of the aviation zoning district ordinance.