<p style="margin-left: 4px;" data-pasted="true">Receive comments regarding a request to authorize the filing of an instrument to vacate a public utility easement located along the lot lines of Lots 10 & 10A, Travis Landing No.2 Phase 1, a subdivision in Precinct Two. (Commissioner Shea)</p>
Official Roll-Call Vote
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
<p style="margin-left: 4px;" data-pasted="true">TNR staff has received a request to authorize the filing of an instrument to vacate a public utility easement (PUE) located along the lot lines of Lots 10 & 10A, Travis Landing No.2 Phase 1 as recorded in Volume 48, Page 50 of the Plat Records of Travis County.</p><p style="margin-left: 4px;">The property owner is requesting that the subject PUE be vacated for community improvements that straddle between lots 10 and 10A . The easement is dedicated by plat note. Lots 10 & 10A, Travis Landing No.2 Phase 1 front on Weletka, a street maintained by Travis County. </p><p style="margin-left: 4px;">The utility companies operating in the area (Austin Energy, WCID 17) have signed statements on file that they have no objection to vacating the subject easement.</p><p style="margin-left: 4px;">The staff foresees no opposition to this request.</p>
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.6/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.