The Bastrop County Commissioners Court approved a resolution Oct. 13 to request a public meeting on the natural gas-fired power plant proposed to support a 2,842-acre Cedar Creek data center campus.

The request calls on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to hear residents’ concerns about the Pacifico Energy project.

The details: According to the resolution, commissioners want the public meeting to address:

• Air quality: Air emissions and cumulative pollution impacts and whether the facility’s operating limits meet state permitting thresholds

• Public input: Adequate notice and an opportunity for residents and stakeholders to submit comments and technical questions

What they’re saying: During the meeting, residents urged commissioners to take stronger action on data center development, citing concerns about air, noise and light pollution.

“Two hundred and four people have already asked TCEQ for a public meeting and not one has gotten an answer,” John Bush, a Bastrop resident and community organizer working with Lost Pines Watch, told Community Impact.

Taco Casa is bringing its tacos, burritos and nachos to Bastrop with the chain’s first location in the county.

In a nutshell: The Texas-based fast-food chain revealed plans on its website for a Chestnut Street restaurant near Film Alley and Firestone Complete Auto Care.

On the menu: Taco Casa’s menu includes crunchy and soft tacos, burritos, tostadas, nachos and salads, along with signature items such as the Chilada, a flour tortilla filled with ground beef and refried beans and topped with red sauce, cheddar cheese and black olives, and Casa Delites, fried flour tortillas coated in cinnamon and sugar.

• Opening TBD

• 1502 Chestnut St., Bastrop

Travis County commissioners approved $5.65 million Oct. 6 for repairs and legal costs at a closed county landfill beneath the Austin Country Flea Market at 9500 E. US 290.

What’s happening: The landfill has produced polluted liquid, called leachate, since it closed in 1982.

Most of the money will go toward repairs, according to a county memo, with the rest covering legal costs in the county’s effort to take the property.

Zooming in: The county is in three lawsuits over the site, according to a county court filing:

• The state sued the county in May 2025 over its care of the landfill.

• Landowner Moo Moo Meadows LLC and Graham Development Corp. sued the county in federal court in July 2025.

• The county sued Moo Moo Meadows in December 2025 to take the property through eminent domain.