Josh Schroeder - Georgetown Mayor

Recap of May 12, 2026 Council Meeting
1) Election Canvassing – We swore in our newest Council Member, Doug Noble, to serve as the representative of District 2, and Council Member Jake French was sworn in for is third term as the representative for District 6. I also took my oath to serve my third (and final) term as Mayor. We have a great team on Council, and I look forward to serving one last term with these folks. I also want to thank Shawn Hood for his six years of service to the City. He will be sorely missed.
2) Ground Water Supply Agreement – We reached a huge milestone in our efforts to secure the long-term water needs for Georgetown by signing a comprehensive term sheet with Recharge to bring 34,800-acre feet of water to Georgetown by 2031. This agreement will almost meet our needs for the full build out of the community when combined with all of our other efforts, including conservation, aquifer storage, gray water irrigation, and reuse. We have been working toward this agreement for years now, and it’s a huge relief to come to an agreement on these key terms. As we have been very clear about, the price of water is going up in Central Texas, but at least we now have a handle on how much our water is going to cost and know that we will have it.

On Tuesday, Georgetown City Council took the first steps in signing a 30-year contract that would fulfill a majority of the city’s long-term water needs.

Read the story at: https://www.wilcosun.com/news-georgetown/city-georgetown-pursues-30-year-water-agreement-meet-future-demand

This evening I was sworn in again to represent District 6 on Georgetown’s City Council. District 6 is a special place. It is humbling to have the support of my friends and neighbors and I look forward to listening to, advocating for, and representing District 6 on City Council for another term in office.

Recap of April 28, 2026 Council Meeting

1) UDC Update of Mixed-Use Downtown Zoning – In the process of updating out Unified Development Code, Council decided to not extend the Mixed-Use Downtown Zoning category to any properties outside the Downtown Overlay because the Overlay includes other regulations such as HARC and the historic design guidelines that help shape the ultimate form of the mixed-use environment. Because we do love the look and feel of the mixed-use downtown environment, Council directed staff to craft another mixed-use zoning category that could be utilized in other areas of town to achieve our goal of creating other spaces similar to the downtown Square environment.

2) Future Land Use Map – Council directed staff to update our Future Land Use Map for the North and Northwest quadrants of town to reflect the actual and likely development patterns that will occur in those areas. This is important because it allows us to guide proper development and plan our infrastructure in those areas.

3) Austin Avenue Corridor Schematics – Council approved the schematics for the Austin Avenue corridor; however, there will still be some tweaks and improvements to the design as we move towards final design, but this is a great step towards making huge improvements to that corridor.

4) Austin Avenue Bridges – Council directed the City Manager to demand that the Contractor complete the remediation work recommended by the City’s engineers, and if they refuse to do so, to terminate the Contractor. We have to get this project back on track and get those bridges back open.

https://communityimpact.com/austin/georgetown/government/2026/04/29/georgetown-shares-details-of-unified-development-code-update/

Georgetown shares details of unified development code update Georgetown will update its unified development code this summer for the first time since 2003, aiming to modernize regulations in response to the city's massive growth, Mayor Josh Schroeder said.

I need to check the city charter to be sure, but I think Big X Tha Plug is now the mayor Georgetown, Texas.

GUFF

Recap of April 14, 2026 City Council Meeting

Shell & Shell Spur Development – The first reading of the Shell & Shell Spur development passed with numerous conditions. This project is the case study for how the state legislature has impacted development in Georgetown. The property in question is not in the city of Georgetown, so the developer has the option to deannex from our extra-territorial jurisdiction and develop without complying with any of our regulations and without making any traffic improvements to the under-sized roads in the area. Georgetown would be legally obligated to serve them with water, but they would have to figure out their own wastewater solution. In this case, the developer went to the state and got a permit to discharge their wastewater on their own site using spray fields and ponds that are adjacent to the Logan Ranch large lot subdivision.

The developer has requested to annex into the City, but only if they can build a multi-family project with a gas station. To the developer’s credit, they have worked with staff and the neighbors to limit the number of units, the height of the units, and agreed to make substantial traffic improvements to the area.

The project was denied by P&Z, but the developer appealed to Council and made additional numerous concessions to their application in the interim. Councilman Pitts (the project is in his district) recommended several additional limitations on density and enhanced design criteria, and then recommend approval based upon all those conditions. The motion passed and will come back again for a second reading. Importantly, this project went from a place where hundreds were publicly opposed to it, to a point where all of the public speakers at the Council meetings spoke in favor of approving the application in light of the alternative of having the developer deannex and develop outside the city limits.