Updated July 12 at 11:15 p.m. to clarify creation of a parks and recreation department is being considered to oversee the city's open spaces, as is a possible future committee to review the feasibility of creating city-owned sports fields.

Published July 12 at 8:14 p.m.

With Monday night's City Council workshop prioritizing Bee Cave’s fiscal year 2017-18 budget projects and Tuesday’s council approval of a new neighborhood in Spanish Oaks, Bee Cave has had a busy week.

Bee Cave Police Chief Gary Miller listens to City Council discuss prioritizing investigating the need for a new police station in Bee Cave.[/caption]

Council members discussed the possibility of incorporating the following projects in the upcoming fiscal cycle:

  1. funding traffic improvement projects, including the city contributing to a possible jointly funded project that would extend Vail Divide to Hamilton Pool Road in light of the anticipated build-out of a Lake Travis ISD middle school in the area;

  2. funding hike and bike trail projects, including the creation of an RM 620 trail and the improvement of the city’s Bee Cave Parkway trail;

  3. creating a parks and recreation department to oversee the city’s green spaces and a future committee to consider the possibility of exploring city-run sports fields;

  4. updating the city’s zoning ordinances;



  5. Bee Cave Council Member Monty Parker requested the city consider alternatives to being one of three partners—Municipal Utility District 5, Hays County, City of Bee Cave—of the West Travis County Public Utility Agency during Monday night's workshop. The item was tabled for a later executive session discussion.[/caption]

    creating a hotel occupancy tax committee and ordinance to provide a procedure for dispersing the city’s hotel tax revenue;

  6. updating the city’s retail shopping experience to enhance sales tax revenue projections;

  7. updating city policies;

  8. investigating the cost and plan for constructing a new 12,000-square-foot police station adjacent to the current department and converting the station house into a municipal court or justice center;

  9. beautifying rights of way and medians; and

  10. reviewing the city’s involvement with the West Travis County Public Utility Agency.


Bee Cave City Council approved the site development plan and final plat for the Hillside at Spanish Oaks residential project Tuesday evening.[/caption]

Additionally council members unanimously approved the site development plan and final plat for Hillside at Spanish Oaks, a residential subdivision within the Spanish Oaks development district just off Spanish Oaks Club Boulevard, that includes:

  • about 100 acres of land;

  • 64 single-family lots;

  • two condominium lots with a combined 17.64 acres and a maximum of 16 detached units;

  • three private street lots;

  • two lots belonging to the area’s municipal utility district; and

  • seven lots for a private park, greenbelts, open space, drainage and water quality.


This site development plan did not include a construction plan for the two condominium lots, which will be taken up in a future site development plan.