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See who filed to run in the May 2 city, school board elections

The filing window for May 2 elections closed Feb. 13. Here’s who is on the ballot for local city and school board races in the Lake Travis-Westlake area. 

Bee Cave: Newcomer Elaina Fowler and incumbent Kara King filed to run for mayor. 

Lakeway: Incumbent council member Kelly Brynteson filed to run again, alongside Logan Brown, Christopher Levy, Joey Donatelli and Wes Hook for three council seats. 
 
West Lake Hills: Place 2 is contested by two newcomers, Margaret Moore and David Kaufman.

Eanes ISD: There are three school board seats up for election in Eanes ISD.

For Place 1, Afshan Khan, Kate Ivers and Robert Morrow filed to run. 

For Place 2, incumbent Laura Clark and Jennifer Blackman filed to run. 

For Place 3, incumbent Diane Hern filed to run alongside Clint Sever and Swasti Apte.

Lake Travis ISD: There are two board seats up for election in Lake Travis ISD.

For Place 6, incumbent Robert Aird filed to run alongside Tiffany Bennett. 

For Place 7, incumbent Keely Cano filed to run alongside Natalie Nugent.

 
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Court sides with Austin in convention center petition dispute; PAC to push for November election

City voters won't consider a measure aimed at stopping the Austin Convention Center redevelopment and reallocating associated tourism tax revenue this spring, although the group behind the proposal is now working to call an election on the issue this fall.

The details: The $1.6 billion project has received pushback from a group seeking to halt construction. The Austin United PAC's effort to have voters weigh in on the project stalled out in court this year.

A PAC petition campaign last year sought to halt the old convention center's demolition through an election. After the city rejected the PAC's petition in the fall, the group sued in an attempt to overturn that decision and force a May vote on the convention center project.

After a two-day trial in January, a district court judge sided with the city, and the PAC's proposed ordinance was left off the ballot as of the Feb. 13 filing deadline. The group now says it'll restart its efforts in an attempt to land a similar measure on the November ballot.

 
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New LCRA reservoir could add 13B gallons to Central Texas water supply

The Lower Colorado River Authority is conducting studies to determine if a site northwest of Eagle Lake in Colorado County would be suitable for a new, larger water reservoir. 

The details: LCRA already owns the 2,000-acre site, which could add over 13 billion gallons to the Central Texas water supply amid growing water needs. 

Two-minute impact: The river authority, which supplies water and hydroelectric power to many communities throughout Central Texas, is exploring plans to build a new reservoir that could hold up to 90,000 acre feet of water. That would make it larger than the recently opened Arbuckle Reservoir, or two to three times the capacity of Lake Travis. 

Why now? A new reservoir off the river authority's main channel was established in its Water Supply Resource Report, an overview of strategies to address regional water needs, that was approved last year, according to a Feb. 19 news release. 

 

YOUR WEEKEND TO-DO LIST

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

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Austin  |  Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 21, 7 p.m.

Spurs I-35 Series

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Kyle  |  Feb. 21, 8 a.m.

Spark Love 5K

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Round Rock  |  Feb. 21, 1 p.m.

Hops for Houses

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Austin  |  Feb. 21-March 1

ATX Open

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Austin  |  Feb. 22, noon-3 p.m.

100 Year Black History Month Community Cookout

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