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Local developer creating iSports complex in Cedar Park

Local developer Eric Perardi is the lead developer behind iSports Cedar Park. This is a rendering of the complex currently being built at 183A and Scottsdale Drive. COURTESY PHOTO

By SETH LUSTER, Hill Country News

Local developer Eric Perardi is creating a state-of-the-art complex called iSports Cedar Park which will be an indoor/outdoor sports complex featuring two hockey rinks and two turf fields.

Construction on a new 206,000-square-foot multi-sport complex in Cedar Park officially got underway May 23. City officials and athletes gathered near the construction site at U.S. 183A and Scottsdale Drive for a groundbreaking ceremony.

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Doing the right thing with an Apple watch found in Lake Austin

Brandon Stelling, incoming senior up at Vandegrift, lost his Apple watch and Briland Young, incoming Canyon Ridge 6th grader, found it more than three weeks later at the bottom of Lake Austin.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

While boating about a month ago, Briland Young was diving with his mask and discovered an algae-covered Apple watch at the bottom of Lake Austin, about 12 feet below the surface.

Although it looked old at first, they discovered it was a newer model that was water submersible. 

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New homes slated near Steiner Ranch Lake Club, Recreational site not sold

Most of this five acre site has been re-subdivided for up to 17 homes next to the Steiner Ranch Lake Club. Courtesy City of Austin

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News 

By consent agenda and unanimous vote, the city of Austin’s Zoning and Platting Commission approved a resubdivision of the Steiner Ranch Lake Club, 12300 River Bend, Austin, on June 18 that paves the way for residential development on one of two lots comprising 5.22 total acres. The property falls within Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, an area whose residents don’t pay city taxes but also aren’t serviced by the city.

Behind the action is the Steiner Ranch Master Association along with Steiner Ranch, Ltd., Taylor Woodrow Communities and 239 Rio Vista, entities that filed the resubdivision application, agenda documents state.

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RP Limited District keeps trail policy as is

Kate Holloway addresses River Place’s Limited District board on Tuesday, July 23 evening as her husband, Charles Reynolds, looks on. Holloway and Reynolds live in River Place but outside of the boundaries of the neighborhood’s Limited District. Holloway headed up a board committee that surveyed non-Limited District residents as to whether or not they wanted to become a part of the District, incurring additional taxes but earning the right to use the trails and tennis courts reserved for District citizens. LESLEE BASSMAN

Trail revenue $35,000+

Considers for profit use

By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News

Following months of discussions, the River Place Limited District Board won’t pursue further action to placate non-Limited District residents in regards to the neighborhood amenities including trails and tennis court usage. 

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